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Lexicon :: Strong's H7364 - rāḥaṣ

Aa
רָחַץ
Transliteration
rāḥaṣ
Pronunciation
raw-khats'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2150

Strong’s Definitions

רָחַץ râchats, raw-khats'; a primitive root; to lave (the whole or a part of a thing):—bathe (self), wash (self).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 72x

The KJV translates Strong's H7364 in the following manner: wash (53x), bathe (18x), wash away (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 72x
The KJV translates Strong's H7364 in the following manner: wash (53x), bathe (18x), wash away (1x).

  1. to wash, wash off, wash away, bathe

    1. (Qal)

      1. to wash, wash off, wash away

      2. to wash, bathe (oneself)

    2. (Pual) to be washed

    3. (Hithpael) to wash oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָחַץ râchats, raw-khats'; a primitive root; to lave (the whole or a part of a thing):—bathe (self), wash (self).
STRONGS H7364: Abbreviations
רָחַץ 72 verb wash, wash off, away, bathe (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bdb093405 (also of garments); Ethiopic bdb093406, bdb093407 sweat; compare Assyrian raḫâṣu, overflow, flood (on — = bdb093408 see NöZMG xi (1886), 727)); —
Qal69 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ר׳ Isaiah 4:4 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְחַץ Deuteronomy 23:12 + etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְחַץ 2 Samuel 11:8; 2 Kings 5:13; masculine plural רַחֲצוּ Genesis 18:4 +; Infinitive construct רְחֹץ Genesis 24:32 +, לְרָחְצָה Exodus 30:18 +; Participle feminine singular רֹחֶ֫צֶת 2 Samuel 11:2, feminine plural רֹחֲצוֺת Songs 5:12; —
1. transitive wash (with water), with accusative feet (רגלים; בַּמַּיִם often expressed), Genesis 18:4; Genesis 19:2; Genesis 24:32; Genesis 43:24 (all J), Judges 19:21; 1 Samuel 25:41; 2 Samuel 11:8; Songs 5:3; הָרָשָׁע בְּדַם פְּעָמָיו יִר Psalm 58:11 (figurative of righteous, at י׳'s vengeance); with accusative hands (יָדַיִם) Deuteronomy 21:6 (+ עַל over, in ceremonial, to express innocence), hence figurative בְּנַקָּיוֺן כַּפַּי אֶר׳ Psalm 26:6; Psalm 73:13; hands and feet Exodus 30:19 (+ מִן of laver), Exodus 30:21; Exodus 40:31 (+ מִן id.; all P); with accusative face (פָּנָיו) Genesis 43:31 (J); with accusative of person Ezekiel 16:9; Exodus 29:4; Exodus 40:12; Leviticus 8:6 (all P), accusative בְּשָׂרוֺ (often || כבּס of garments), Leviticus 14:9; Leviticus 15:13 + 9 times P (H); with accusative of parts of sacrificial victim Exodus 29:17; Leviticus 1:9, 13; Leviticus 8:21; Leviticus 9:14; wash off, away, with accusative of filth Isaiah 4:4 (figurative).
2. intransitive wash, bathe (oneself): Exodus 2:5 (E), 2 Samuel 11:2; 2 Samuel 12:20; 1 Kings 22:38; 2 Kings 5:10, 12, 13; Isaiah 1:16; Ezekiel 23:40 (+ ל person for whom), Ruth 3:3; Leviticus 14:8 + 14 times P (often || כבּס); + ב of laver 2 Chronicles 4:6 (twice in verse); of eyes, bathed in milk (בֶּחָלָב) Songs 5:12 (figurative); Job 29:6 (figurative), see הָלִיךְ.
† Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular רֻחָ֑ץ Proverbs 30:12 be washed (+ מִן of filth, figurative); 2nd person feminine singular בְּמַיִם לֹא רֻחַצְתְּ Ezekiel 16:4 (in figurative).
† Hithp. Perfect 1st person singular הִתְרָחַצְתִּי במו שׁלג Job 9:30 if I washed myself in snow (figurative).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:4; 18:4; 19:2; 24:32; 24:32; 43:24; 43:31

Exodus

2:5; 29:4; 29:17; 30:18; 30:19; 30:21; 40:12; 40:31

Leviticus

1:9; 1:13; 8:6; 8:21; 9:14; 14:8; 14:9; 15:13

Deuteronomy

21:6; 23:12

Judges

19:21

Ruth

3:3

1 Samuel

25:41

2 Samuel

11:2; 11:2; 11:8; 11:8; 12:20

1 Kings

22:38

2 Kings

5:10; 5:12; 5:13; 5:13

2 Chronicles

4:6

Job

9:30; 29:6

Psalms

26:6; 58:11; 73:13

Proverbs

30:12

Song of Songs

5:3; 5:12; 5:12

Isaiah

1:16; 4:4; 4:4

Ezekiel

16:4; 16:9; 23:40

H7364

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7364 matches the Hebrew רָחַץ (rāḥaṣ),
which occurs 72 times in 71 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (2Sa 11:2–Eze 23:40)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 - One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8 - Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20 - Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - They washed the chariot at a pool in Samaria (where the prostitutes bathed),[fn] and the dogs licked up his blood, as the word of the LORD had declared.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:10 - Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, “Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be cleansed?” So he turned and went off in a rage.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:13 - Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He then made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:30 - Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with cleansing powder,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:6 - when my path was drenched with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:6 - I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your altar, LORD,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10 - The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 - Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:12 - those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 - I have taken off my robe— must I put it on again? I have washed my feet— must I soil them again?

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 - His eyes are like doves by the water streams, washed in milk, mounted like jewels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:4 - The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit[fn] of judgment and a spirit[fn] of fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:4 - On the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:9 - “ ‘I bathed you with water and washed the blood from you and put ointments on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:40 - “They even sent messengers for men who came from far away, and when they arrived you bathed yourself for them, applied eye makeup and put on your jewelry.

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