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Lexicon :: Strong's H7356 - raḥam

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רַחַם
Transliteration
raḥam
Pronunciation
rakh'-am
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, absolute state masculine plural intensive noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2146a

Strong’s Definitions

רַחַם racham, rakh'-am; from H7355; compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden:—bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H7356 in the following manner: mercy (30x), compassion (4x), womb (4x), bowels (2x), pity (2x), damsel (1x), tender love (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H7356 in the following manner: mercy (30x), compassion (4x), womb (4x), bowels (2x), pity (2x), damsel (1x), tender love (1x).
masculine noun

  1. womb

    absolute state masculine plural intensive noun

  2. compassion

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רַחַם racham, rakh'-am; from H7355; compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden:—bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.
STRONGS H7356: Abbreviations
† [H7358 רֶ֫חֶם], רַ֫הַם noun masculine[H7358Hosea 9:14] womb ...רַ֫חַם Judges 5:30, רָ֑חֶם ...רָ֑חַם Genesis 49:25 +;  ... dual רַחֲמָתַיִם H7356; H7361 Judges 5:30; —
1. womb, Genesis 49:25 (J)  ... (מִנִּי), Isaiah 46:3  ... Ezekiel 20:26  ... עֹצֶר ר׳ Proverbs 30:16
2. womb-man, woman-slave: רַחַם רַחֲמָתַיִם Judges 5:30 a woman, two women.

This is a portion of the full BDB entry H7358.

רַחֲמִים noun masculine 2 Samuel 24:14 absolute plural intensive compassion (according to many denominative from רֶחֶם, originally brotherhood, brotherly feeling, of those born from same womb, see NöZMG xl (1886), 151 (yet see 152) WeGGN 1893, 475 Gerber126, or motherly feeling Köii. 1, 34); — absolute ר׳ Genesis 43:14 +; construct רַחֲמֵי Proverbs 12:10; suffix רַחֲמָיו Lamentations 3:22 (Baer Gi; van d. H. Qr, Kt רחמו), 2 Samuel 24:14 Qr (> Kt רחמו), etc.; —
1. compassion: usually of God Isaiah 63:7, Isaiah 63:15; Psalm 77:10 [Psalm 77:9]; Psalm 79:8; Psalm 119:77; Zechariah 1:16; Daniel 9:9; Nehemiah 9:28; with רבים 2 Samuel 24:14 = 1 Chronicles 21:13; Nehemiah 9:19, Nehemiah 9:27, Nehemiah 9:31; Psalm 119:156; Daniel 9:18; גדולים Isaiah 54:7; || חסד Psalm 40:12 [Psalm 40:11]; Psalm 103:4; Hosea 2:21 [Hosea 2:19]; Jeremiah 16:5; חסדים Psalm 25:6; כרֹב רחמיךָ Psalm 51:3 [Psalm 51:1]; Psalm 69:17 [Psalm 69:16]; with על of thing Psalm 145:9; ל נתן ר׳ Deuteronomy 13:18 [Deuteronomy 13:17]; Jeremiah 42:12; לא כלו ר׳ Lamentations 3:22.
2. of man, Amos 1:11; Proverbs 12:10; עשׂה ר׳ Zechariah 7:9; לִפְנֵי ר׳ נָתַן לפ׳ Genesis 43:14 (R); נתן לִפְנֵי לר׳ פ׳ 1 Kings 8:50; Nehemiah 1:11; Daniel 1:9; Psalm 106:46, compare 2 Chronicles 30:9; ל שׂם ר׳ Isaiah 47:6; אל נִכְמְרוּ ר׳ Genesis 43:30 (J), with על 2 Kings 3:26.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7359.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

43:14; 43:14; 43:30; 49:25; 49:25

Deuteronomy

13:17

Judges

5:30; 5:30; 5:30

2 Samuel

24:14; 24:14; 24:14

1 Kings

8:50

2 Kings

3:26

1 Chronicles

21:13

2 Chronicles

30:9

Nehemiah

1:11; 9:19; 9:27; 9:28; 9:31

Psalms

25:6; 40:11; 51:1; 69:16; 77:9; 79:8; 103:4; 106:46; 119:77; 119:156; 145:9

Proverbs

12:10; 12:10; 30:16

Isaiah

46:3; 47:6; 54:7; 63:7; 63:15

Jeremiah

16:5; 42:12

Lamentations

3:22; 3:22

Ezekiel

20:26

Daniel

1:9; 9:9; 9:18

Hosea

2:19

Amos

1:11

Zechariah

1:16; 7:9

H7356

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Strong's Number H7356 matches the Hebrew רַחַם (raḥam),
which occurs 45 times in 44 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14 - And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30 - Then Joseph's heart went out to his brother, and he went quickly into his room, for he was overcome with weeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 - Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - Keep not a thing of what is cursed for yourselves: so the Lord may be turned away from the heat of his wrath, and have mercy on you, and give you increase as he said in his oath to your fathers:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30 - Are they not getting, are they not parting the goods among them: a young girl or two to every man; and to Sisera robes of coloured needlework, worked in fair colours on this side and on that, for the neck of the queen?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14 - And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - Then the mother of the living child came forward, for her heart went out to her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the child; do not on any account put it to death. But the other woman said, It will not be mine or yours; let it be cut in two.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50 - Answering with forgiveness the people who have done wrong against you, and overlooking the evil which they have done against you; let those who made them prisoners be moved with pity for them, and have pity on them;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13 - And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let me come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:9 - For if you come back to the Lord, those who took away your brothers and your children will have pity on them, and let them come back to this land: for the Lord your God is full of grace and mercy, and his face will not be turned away from you if you come back to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:11 - O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. (Now I was the king's wine-servant.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:19 - Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 - And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 - But when they had rest, they did evil again before you: so you gave them into the hands of their haters, who had rule over them: but when they came back and made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; again and again, in your mercy, you gave them salvation;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31 - Even then, in your great mercy, you did not put an end to them completely, or give them up; for you are a God of grace and mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:6 - O Lord, keep in mind your pity and your mercies; for they have been from the earliest times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11 - Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:1 - <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.> Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:16 - Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:9 - Has God put away the memory of his pity? are his mercies shut up by his wrath? (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:8 - Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:4 - He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:46

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:46 - He put pity into the hearts of those who made them prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:77

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:77 - Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may have life; for your law is my delight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:156

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:156 - Great is the number of your mercies, O Lord; give me life in keeping with your decisions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:9 - The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:10 - An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 - The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:3 - Give ear to me, O family of Jacob, and all the rest of the people of Israel, who have been supported by me from their birth, and have been my care from their earliest days:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 - I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:7 - For a short time I gave you up; but with great mercies I will take you back again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:7 - I will give news of the mercies of the Lord, and his great acts, even all the things the Lord has done for us, in his great grace to the house of Israel; even all he has done for us in his unnumbered mercies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:15 - Let your eyes be looking down from heaven, from your holy and beautiful house: where is your deep feeling, the working of your power? do not keep back the moving of your pity and your mercies:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:5 - For this is what the Lord has said: Do not go into the house of sorrow, do not go to make weeping or songs of grief for them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the Lord, even mercy and pity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:12 - And I will have mercy on you, so that he may have mercy on you and let you go back to your land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:22 - It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26 - I made them unclean in the offerings they gave, causing them to make every first child go through the fire, so that I might put an end to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:9 - And God put into the heart of the captain of the unsexed servants kind feelings and pity for Daniel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:9 - With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18 - O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:19 - And I will take you as my bride for ever; truly, I will take you as my bride in righteousness and in right judging, in love and in mercies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because his sword was turned against his brother, without pity, and his wrath was burning at all times, and he was angry for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:16 - So this is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Jerusalem with mercies; my house is to be put up in her, says the Lord of armies, and a line is to be stretched out over Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:9 - This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:
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