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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ra·ca a.  A term of reproach used by the Jews of our Savior's time, meaning “worthless.”
    Whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council.   --Matt. v. 22.
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From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 Raca
    vain, empty, worthless, only found in Matt. 5:22. The Jews used
    it as a word of contempt. It is derived from a root meaning "to
    spit."

From: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

 Raca, worthless; good-for-nothing