This retrospective, or backward-looking, use is closely connected with praise and blame, punishment, and desert. When something has gone wrong, we invariably want to know who was at fault; and when something has gone right, we occasionally stop to ask who acted well. This is the topic of retrospective responsibility.
RACA [ISBE] RACA - ra'-ka, ra-ka'> (rhaka, Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek with Codices Sinaiticus (corrected), Vaticanus, Codex E, etc.; rhacha, Tischendorf with Codices Sinaiticus (original hand) and Bezae; Aramaic reqa', from req, empty): Vain or worthless fellow; a term of contempt used by the Jews in the time of Christ.
in raccoon. any of seven species of nocturnal mammals characterized by bushy ringed tails. The most common and well-known is the North American raccoon ( Procyon lotor), which ranges from northern Canada and most of the United States southward into South America. It has a conspicuous black âmaskâ across the eyes, and the tail is ringed with 5 to 10 black bands.