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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
Dictionary Aids

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:13 - “You shall not murder.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - “The cities that you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit the manslayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person without intent may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16 - “But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - And if he struck him down with a stone tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - Or if he struck him down with a wooden tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died, then he who struck the blow shall be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the boundaries of his city of refuge to which he fled,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the avenger of blood finds him outside the boundaries of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - For he must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest, but after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 - “If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - that the manslayer might flee there, anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past; he may flee to one of these cities and save his life:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:17 - “‘You shall not murder.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3 - You shall measure the distances[fn] and divide into three parts the area of the land that the LORD your God gives you as a possession, so that any manslayer can flee to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 - “This is the provision for the manslayer, who by fleeing there may save his life. If anyone kills his neighbor unintentionally without having hated him in the past—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - lest the avenger of blood in hot anger pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him fatally, though the man did not deserve to die, since he had not hated his neighbor in the past.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 - But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no offense punishable by death. For this case is like that of a man attacking and murdering his neighbor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - that the manslayer who strikes any person without intent or unknowingly may flee there. They shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not give up the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unknowingly, and did not hate him in the past.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6 - And he shall remain in that city until he has stood before the congregation for judgment, until the death of him who is high priest at the time. Then the manslayer may return to his own town and his own home, to the town from which he fled.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 - And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - To them were given Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - And to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands—two cities;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “I came to Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD: “In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Now the king had dispatched a man from his presence, but before the messenger arrived Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent to take off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door fast against him. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - The murderer rises before it is light,
that he may kill the poor and needy,
and in the night he is like a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:3 - How long will all of you attack a man
to batter him,
like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 - They kill the widow and the sojourner,
and murder the fatherless;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the streets!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How the faithful city
has become a whore,[fn]
she who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:9 - As robbers lie in wait for a man,
so the priests band together;
they murder on the way to Shechem;
they commit villainy.
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