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Lexicon :: Strong's H7401 - rāḵaḵ

Aa
רָכַךְ
Transliteration
rāḵaḵ
Pronunciation
raw-kak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2164

Strong’s Definitions

רָכַךְ râkak, raw-kak'; a primitive root; to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively:—(be) faint(-hearted), mollify, (be, make) soft(-er), be tender.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H7401 in the following manner: tender (2x), faint (2x), fainthearted (with H3824) (1x), mollified (1x), soft (1x), softer (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H7401 in the following manner: tender (2x), faint (2x), fainthearted (with H3824) (1x), mollified (1x), soft (1x), softer (1x).

  1. to be tender, be soft, be weak

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be tender, be weak (of heart)

        1. to be timid, be fearful

        2. to be softened, be penitent

      2. to be soft (of treacherous words)

    2. (Pual) to be softened

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to be weak

    4. (Niphal) tender

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָכַךְ râkak, raw-kak'; a primitive root; to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively:—(be) faint(-hearted), mollify, (be, make) soft(-er), be tender.
STRONGS H7401: Abbreviations
† [רָכַךְ] verb be tender, weak, soft (Arabic bdb093902 Aramaic רְכַךְ (in derived species and derivatives), bdb093903, id.); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular רַךְ 2 Kings 22:19; 2 Chronicles 34:27; 3rd person plural רַכּוּ Psalm 55:22; Imperfect יֵרַךְ (Ges§ 67p) Isaiah 7:4 +; —
1. be tender, weak, of heart :
a. be timid, fearful, || יַרֵא, Isaiah 7:4; Jeremiah 51:46; Deuteronomy 20:3.
b. be softened, penitent, || כָּנַע Niph., 2 Kings 22:19 2 Chronicles 34:27.
2. be soft, of treacherous words Psalm 55:22 (with מִן compare; || II. חָלַק).
Pu. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular רֻכְּכָה Isaiah 1:6 it has not been softened, mollified, with oil (of wound, מַכָּךְ).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי Job 23:16 (Ges§ 67 v), causative of Qal 1 a.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

20:3

2 Kings

22:19; 22:19

2 Chronicles

34:27; 34:27

Job

23:16

Psalms

55:22; 55:22

Isaiah

1:6; 7:4; 7:4

Jeremiah

51:46

H7401

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7401 matches the Hebrew רָכַךְ (rāḵaḵ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:3 - “He shall say H559 to them, ‘Hear H8085, Israel H3478, you are approaching H7126 the battle H4421 against H5921 your enemies H340 today H3117. Do not be fainthearted H7401 H3824. Do not be H3372 afraid H3372, or panic H2648, or be terrified H6206 by them,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:19 - since H3282 your heart H3824 was tender H7401 and you humbled H3665 yourself before H4480 H6440 the LORD H3068 when you heard H8085 what H834 I spoke H1696 against H5921 this H2088 place H4725 and against H5921 its inhabitants H3427, that they would become H1961 an object H8047 of H8047 horror H8047 and a curse H7045, and you have torn H7167 your clothes H899 and wept H1058 before H6440 Me, I have indeed H1571 heard H8085 you,’ declares H5002 the LORD H3068.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:27 - “Because H3282 your heart H3824 was tender H7401 and you humbled H3665 yourself before H4480 H6440 God H430 when you heard H8085 His words H1697 against H5921 this H2088 place H4725 and its inhabitants H3427, and because you humbled H3665 yourself before H6440 Me, tore H7167 your clothes H899, and wept H1058 before H6440 Me, I have indeed H1571 heard H8085 you,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:16 -

“It is God H410 who has made my heart H3820 faint H7401,

And the Almighty H7706 who has terrified H926 me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:21 -

His [fn]speech H6310 was smoother H2505 than H4480 butter H4260,

But his heart H3820 was war H7128;

His words H1697 were softer H7401 than H4480 oil H8081,

Yet they were drawn H6609 swords H6609.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:6 -

From the sole H3709 of the foot H7272 even to the head H7218

There H369 is H369 nothing H369 healthy H4974 in it,

Only bruises H6482, slashes H2250, and raw H2961 wounds H4347;

Not pressed H2115 out H2115 nor H3808 bandaged H2280,

Nor H3808 softened H7401 with oil H8081.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4 - and say H559 to him, ‘Take H8104 care H8104 and be H8252 calm H8252, have H3372 no H408 fear H3372 and do not be fainthearted H7401 H3824 because H4480 of these H428 two H8147 stumps H2180 of smoldering H6226 logs H181, on account of the fierce H2750 anger H639 of Rezin H7526 and Aram H758 and the son H1121 of Remaliah H7425.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:46 -

“Now, so H6435 that H6435 your heart H3824 does not H6435 grow H7401 faint H7401,

And you are H3372 not afraid H3372 at the report H8052 that will be heard H8085 in the land H776—

For the report H8052 will come H935 in [fn]one year H8141,

And after H310 that [fn]another report H8052 in [fn]another year H8141,

And violence H2555 will be in the land H776

With ruler H4910 against H5921 ruler H4910—

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