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Lexicon :: Strong's H7523 - rāṣaḥ

Aa
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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“You shall not murder H7523.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - “The cities H5892 which H834 you shall give H5414 to the Levites H3881 shall be the six H8337 cities H5892 of refuge H4733, which H834 you shall provide H5414 for the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523 to flee H5127 to; and in H5921 addition H5921 to H5921 them you shall give H5414 forty-two H705 H8147 cities H5892.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - then you shall select H7136 for yourselves cities H5892 to be your cities H5892 of refuge H4733, so that the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523 by [fn]killing H5221 a person H5315 unintentionally H7684 may flee H5127 there H8033.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - ‘The cities H5892 shall [fn]serve you as a refuge H4733 from the avenger H1350, so that the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523 does not die H4191 until H5704 he stands H5975 before H6440 the congregation H5712 for [fn]trial H4941.

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‘But if H518 he struck H5221 him with an iron H1270 object H3627, so that he died H4191, he is a murderer H7523; the murderer H7523 must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - ‘And if H518 he struck H5221 him with a stone H68 in the hand H3027, by which H834 he would die H4191, and as a result he did die H4191, he is a murderer H7523; the murderer H7523 must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - ‘Or H176 if he struck H5221 him with a wooden H6086 object H3627 in the hand H3027, by which H834 he would die H4191, and as a result he did die H4191, he is a murderer H7523; the murderer H7523 must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - ‘The blood H1818 avenger H1350 himself H1931 shall put H4191 the murderer H7523 to H4191 death H4191; he himself shall put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191 when he meets H6293 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or H176 if he struck H5221 him with his hand H3027 with hostility H342, and as a result he died H4191, the one who struck H5221 him must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191; he is a murderer H7523. The blood H1818 avenger H1350 shall put H4191 the murderer H7523 to H4191 death H4191 when he meets H6293 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - ‘And the congregation H5712 shall save H5337 the one who committed H7523 manslaughter H7523 from the hand H3027 of the blood H1818 avenger H1350, and the congregation H5712 shall return H7725 him to his city H5892 of refuge H4733 to which H834 he fled H5127; and he shall live H3427 in it until H5704 the death H4194 of the high H1419 priest H3548 who H834 was anointed H4886 with the holy H6944 oil H8081.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - ‘But if H518 at H3318 any H3318 time H3318 [fn]he goes H3318 beyond H3318 the border H1366 of his city H5892 of refuge H4733 to which H834 he flees H5127,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the blood H1818 avenger H1350 finds H4672 him outside H4480 H2351 the border H1366 of his city H5892 of refuge H4733, and the blood H1818 avenger H1350 kills H7523 [fn]him, he [fn]will not be guilty of bloodshed H1818,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - because H3588 he should have remained H3427 in his city H5892 of refuge H4733 until H5704 the death H4194 of the high H1419 priest H3548. But after H310 the death H4194 of the high H1419 priest H3548 the one who committed H7523 manslaughter H7523 may return H7725 to the land H776 of his property H272.

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‘If anyone H3605 kills H5221 a person H5315, the murderer H7523 shall be put H7523 to H7523 death H7523 on the [fn]testimony H6310 of witnesses H5707, but no H3808 person H5315 shall be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 on H6030 the H6030 testimony H6030 of only one H259 witness H5707.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - ‘Moreover, you shall not accept H3947 a ransom H3724 for the life H5315 of a murderer H7523 who H834 is [fn]condemned H7563 to death H4191, but he must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - for [fn]one to flee H5127 there H8033 who H834 unintentionally H1847 H1097 killed H7523 his neighbor H7453, without H3808 having H8130 hatred H8130 for him in time H8032 past H8543; and by fleeing H5127 to one H259 of these H411 cities H5892 he might live H2421:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:17 -

‘You shall not murder H7523.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3 - “You shall prepare H3559 the [fn]roads H1870 for yourself, and divide H8027 into H8027 three H8027 regions H8027 the territory H1366 of your land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 will give H5157 you as H5157 an H5157 inheritance H5157, [fn]so that anyone H3605 who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523 may flee H5127 there H8033.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4

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“Now this H2088 is the case H1697 of the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523, who H834 may flee H5127 there H8033 and live H2421: when H834 he [fn]kills H5221 his friend H7453 [fn]unintentionally H1847 H1097, [fn]not hating H8130 him previously H8543 H8032—

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - “Otherwise H6435, the avenger H1350 of blood H1818 might pursue H7291 [fn]him [fn]in the heat H2552 of H2552 his anger H2552 H3824, and overtake H5381 him because H3588 the way H1870 is H7235 long H7235, and [fn]take H5221 his life H5315, though he was not sentenced H4941 to death H4194 since H3588 he had not hated H8130 him previously H8543 H8032.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 - “And you are not to do H6213 anything H1697 to the girl H5291; there H369 is H369 no H369 sin H2399 in the girl H5291 worthy of death H4194, for just H834 as H834 a man H376 rises H6965 against H5921 his neighbor H7453 and murders H7523 him, [fn]so H3651 is this H2088 case H1697.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - so that one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523 by [fn]killing H5221 a person H5315 unintentionally H7684, without H1097 premeditation H1847, may flee H5127 there H8033, and they shall become H1961 your refuge H4733 from the avenger H1350 of blood H1818.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - ‘Now if H3588 the avenger H1350 of blood H1818 pursues H7291 him, then they are not to hand H5462 H3027 the one who committed H7523 manslaughter H7523 over H5462 to him, since H3588 he struck H5221 his neighbor H7453 without H1097 premeditation H1847 and did not hate H8130 him previously H4480 H8543 H8032.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6 - ‘And he shall remain H3427 in that city H5892 until H5704 he stands H5975 before H6440 the congregation H5712 for judgment H4941, until H5704 the death H4194 of the one who H834 is high H1419 priest H3548 in those H1992 days H3117. Then H227 [fn]he shall [fn]return H7725 H935 to his own city H5892 and to his own house H1004, to the city H5892 from which H834 he fled H5127.’”

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So to the sons H1121 of Aaron H175 the priest H3548 they gave H5414 Hebron H2275, the city H5892 of refuge H4733 for the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523, with its pasture H4054 lands H4054, Libnah H3841 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - They gave H5414 them Shechem H7927, the city H5892 of refuge H4733 for the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523, with its pasture H4054 lands H4054, in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669, and Gezer H1507 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054,

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And to the sons H1121 of Gershon H1648, one of the families H4940 of the Levites H3881, from the half-tribe H2677 H4294 of Manasseh H4519, they gave Golan H1474 in Bashan H1316, the city H5892 of refuge H4733 for the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523, with its pasture H4054 lands H4054, and Be-eshterah H1203 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054; two H8147 cities H5892.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - And from the tribe H4294 of Naphtali H5321, they gave Kedesh H6943 in Galilee H1551, the city H5892 of refuge H4733 for the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523, with its pasture H4054 lands H4054, Hammoth-dor H2576 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054, and Kartan H7178 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054; three H7969 cities H5892.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - And from the tribe H4294 of Gad H1410, they gave Ramoth H7216 in Gilead H1568, the city H5892 of refuge H4733 for the one who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523, with its pasture H4054 lands H4054, Mahanaim H4266 with its pasture H4054 lands H4054,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - So the Levite H3881, the husband H376 of the woman H802 who was murdered H7523, answered H6030 and said H559, “I came H935 with my concubine H6370 to spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 at Gibeah H1390 which H834 belongs to Benjamin H1144.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - “And you shall speak H1696 to him, saying H559, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Have you murdered H7523 and also H1571 taken H3423 possession H3423?”’ And you shall speak H1696 to him, saying H559, ‘The LORD H3068 says H559 this H3541: “In the place H4725 where H834 the dogs H3611 licked H3952 up H3952 the blood H1818 of Naboth H5022, the dogs H3611 will lick H3952 up H3952 your blood H1818, yours H859 as H1571 well H1571.”’”

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Now Elisha H477 was sitting H3427 in his house H1004, and the elders H2205 were sitting H3427 with him. And the king sent H7971 a man H376 from his presence H6440; but before H2962 the messenger H4397 came H935 to him, he said H559 to the elders H2205, “Do you see H7200 how H3588 this H2088 son H1121 of a murderer H7523 has sent H7971 a man to cut H5493 off H5493 my head H7218? Look H7200, when the messenger H4397 comes H935, shut H5462 the door H1817 and [fn]hold H3905 the door H1817 shut H3905 against him. Is the sound H6963 of his master’s H113 feet H7272 not behind H310 him?”

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“The murderer H7523 arises H6965 at dawn H216;

He kills H6991 the poor H6041 and the needy H34,

And at night H3915 he is like a thief H1590.

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How H575 long H5704 will you attack H2050 a man H376,

That you may murder H7523 him, all H3605 of you,

Like a leaning H5186 wall H1447, like a tottering H1760 fence H1447?

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They kill H2026 the widow H490 and the stranger H1616

And murder H7523 the orphans H3490.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 -

The [fn]lazy H6102 one H6102 says H559, “There is a lion H738 outside H2351;

I will be killed H7523 in the streets H7339!”

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How H351 the faithful H539 city H7151 has become H1961 a prostitute H2181,

She who was full H4392 of justice H4941!

Righteousness H6664 once dwelt H3885 in her,

But now H6258 murderers H7523.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - “Will you steal H1589, murder H7523, commit H5003 adultery H5003, swear H7650 falsely H8267, [fn]offer H6999 sacrifices H6999 to Baal H1168, and follow H1980 H310 other H312 gods H430 that you have not known H3045,

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There is oath-taking H422, [fn]denial H3584, murder H7523, stealing H1589, and adultery H5003.

They employ H6555 violence H6555, so that bloodshed H1818 [fn]follows H5060 bloodshed H1818.

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And as a band H1416 of H1416 robbers H1416 lie H2442 in H2442 wait H2442 for a person H376,

So a band H2267 of priests H3548 murder H7523 on the way H1870 to Shechem H7927;

Certainly H3588 they have committed H6213 an act H2154 of H2154 infamy H2154.

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