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Lexicon :: Strong's H7523 - rāṣaḥ

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רָצַח
Transliteration
rāṣaḥ
Pronunciation
raw-tsakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2208

Strong’s Definitions

רָצַח râtsach, raw-tsakh'; a primitive root; properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder:—put to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's H7523 in the following manner: slayer (16x), murderer (14x), kill (5x), murder (3x), slain (3x), manslayer (2x), killing (1x), slayer (with H310) (1x), slayeth (1x), death (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's H7523 in the following manner: slayer (16x), murderer (14x), kill (5x), murder (3x), slain (3x), manslayer (2x), killing (1x), slayer (with H310) (1x), slayeth (1x), death (1x).
  1. to murder, slay, kill

    1. (Qal) to murder, slay

      1. premeditated

      2. accidental

      3. as avenger

      4. slayer (intentional) (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be slain

    3. (Piel)

      1. to murder, assassinate

      2. murderer, assassin (participle)(subst)

    4. (Pual) to be killed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָצַח râtsach, raw-tsakh'; a primitive root; properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder:—put to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er).
STRONGS H7523: Abbreviations
רָצַח verb murder, slay (Late Hebrew (rare, also in derivatives) = Biblical Hebrew; compare Arabic bdb095304, bdb095305 break, bruise, crush); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְר׳ Numbers 35:27, וּרְצָחוֺ Deuteronomy 22:26; 2nd person masculine singular (הֲ)רָצַחְתָּ 1 Kings 21:19; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְצַח Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 4:42; 2nd person masculine singular (צַח-) תִּרְצָ֑ח Exodus 20:13 = Deuteronomy 5:17; Infinitive absolute רָצֹהַּ Hosea 4:2; Jeremiah 7:9; Participle active רֹצֵחַ Deuteronomy 19:3 +, רוֺ׳ Deuteronomy 4:42 +; — murder, slay, with premeditation, Exodus 20:13 (E) = Deuteronomy 5:17; Hosea 4:2; Jeremiah 7:9; 1 Kings 21:19 (all absolute); with accusative of person Deuteronomy 22:26, unawares Deuteronomy 4:42; slay as avenger Numbers 35:27, 30 (P; || חֵמִית Numbers 35:19; Numbers 35:21); especially participle as substantive = slayer, manslayer, without intent, Deuteronomy 4:42; Deuteronomy 19:3, 4, 6; also in P: Numbers 35:6, 11, 12, 25, 26, 27, 28; Joshua 20:3, 5, 6; Joshua 21:13, 21, 27, 32, 26 (van d. H., Baer, Joshua 21:38 Gi; all P); murderer, with intent, Numbers 35:16 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:17 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:18 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:19, 21 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:30; Numbers 30:31; also Job 24:14.
Niph. Imperfect 1st person singular אֵרָצֵחַ Proverbs 22:13 I shall be slain; Participle feminine singular as adjective אִשָּׁה הַנִּרְצָחָה Judges 20:4 the murdered woman.
Pi. (intensive) murder, assassinate: 3rd person masculine plural יְרַצְּחוּ Hosea 6:9 (absolute), יְרַצֵּ֑חוּ Psalm 94:6 (accusative of person, || הָרַג); Psalm 62:4 see below; Participle מְרַצֵּחַ, as substantive 2 Kings 6:32 murderer, assassin; plural מְרֵצְּחִים Isaiah 1:21assassins.
Pu. Imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural תְּרָצְּחוּ Psalm 62:4, so Baer Gi, van d. H. תְּרָצְחוּ, but Ben Naphtali
Pi. תְּרַצְּחוּ (Baer143), so Vrss Hup-Now De Che Bae and others ye murder (or batter, shatter).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

20:13; 20:13

Numbers

35:6; 35:11; 35:12; 35:16; 35:17; 35:18; 35:19; 35:19; 35:21; 35:21; 35:25; 35:26; 35:27; 35:27; 35:27; 35:28; 35:30; 35:30; 35:30

Deuteronomy

4:42; 4:42; 4:42; 4:42; 5:17; 5:17; 19:3; 19:3; 19:4; 19:6; 22:26; 22:26

Joshua

20:3; 20:5; 20:6; 21:13; 21:21; 21:26; 21:27; 21:32; 21:38

Judges

20:4

1 Kings

21:19; 21:19

2 Kings

6:32

Job

24:14

Psalms

62:4; 62:4; 94:6

Proverbs

22:13

Isaiah

1:21

Jeremiah

7:9; 7:9

Hosea

4:2; 4:2; 6:9

H7523

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7523 matches the Hebrew רָצַח (rāṣaḥ),
which occurs 47 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:13 - Thou shalt not kill. H7523
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, H7523 that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer H7523 may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer H7523 die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16 - And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: H7523 the murderer H7523 shall surely be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: H7523 the murderer H7523 shall surely be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: H7523 the murderer H7523 shall surely be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: H7523 when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: H7523 the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, H7523 when he meeteth him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - And the congregation shall deliver the slayer H7523 out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - But if the slayer H7523 shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill H7523 the slayer; H7523 he shall not be guilty of blood:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer H7523 shall return into the land of his possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 - Whoso killeth any person, the murderer H7523 shall be put to death H7523 by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, H7523 which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - That the slayer H7523 might flee thither, which should kill H7523 his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:17 - Thou shalt not kill. H7523
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3 - Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer H7523 may flee thither.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 - And this is the case of the slayer, H7523 which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, H7523 while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 - But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth H7523 him, even so is this matter:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - That the slayer H7523 that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer H7523 up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6 - And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer H7523 return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 - Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; H7523 and Libnah with her suburbs,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; H7523 and Gezer with her suburbs,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; H7523 and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; H7523 and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; H7523 and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, H7523 answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, H7523 and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer H7523 hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - The murderer H7523 rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:3 - How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain H7523 all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 - They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder H7523 the fatherless.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain H7523 in the streets.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. H7523
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - Will ye steal, murder, H7523 and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - By swearing, and lying, and killing, H7523 and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:9 - And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder H7523 in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
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