a Syriac word which properly signifies _empty_, _vain_,
_beggarly_, _foolish_, and which includes in it a strong idea of
contempt. Our Saviour pronounces a censure on every person using this
term to his neighbour, Matt. v, 22. Lightfoot assures us that, in the
writings of the Jews, the word _raca_ is a term of the utmost contempt,
and that it was usual to pronounce it with marked signs of indignation.
_beggarly_, _foolish_, and which includes in it a strong idea of
contempt. Our Saviour pronounces a censure on every person using this
term to his neighbour, Matt. v, 22. Lightfoot assures us that, in the
writings of the Jews, the word _raca_ is a term of the utmost contempt,
and that it was usual to pronounce it with marked signs of indignation.