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Lexicon :: Strong's H7355 - rāḥam

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רָחַם
Transliteration
rāḥam
Pronunciation
raw-kham'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2146

Strong’s Definitions

רָחַם râcham, raw-kham'; a primitive root; to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate:—have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, × surely.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's H7355 in the following manner: ...mercy (32x), ...compassion (8x), pity (3x), love (1x), merciful (1x), Ruhamah (1x), surely (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's H7355 in the following manner: ...mercy (32x), ...compassion (8x), pity (3x), love (1x), merciful (1x), Ruhamah (1x), surely (1x).

  1. to love, love deeply, have mercy, be compassionate, have tender affection, have compassion

    1. (Qal) to love

    2. (Piel)

      1. to have compassion, be compassionate

        1. of God, man

    3. (Pual) to be shown compassion, be compassionate

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָחַם râcham, raw-kham'; a primitive root; to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate:—have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, × surely.
STRONGS H7355: Abbreviations
† [רָחַם] verb denominative love. Pi. have compassion; —
Qal Imperfect 1st person singular suffix אֶרְחָֽמְךָ Psalm 18:2 I love thee (perhaps gloss; see not in || 2 Samuel 22:2; Hi Ch SS Gerber read אֲרֹמִמְךָ).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular רִחַם Psalm 103:13 +; suffix וְרִחַמְךָ consecutive Deuteronomy 13:18, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְרַחֵם Isaiah 9:16 +; suffix יְרַחֲמֵהוּ Isaiah 55:7, etc.; Infinitive absolute רַחְֵ Jeremiah 31:20; Habakkuk 3:2; construct רַחֵם Isaiah 49:15; Psalm 103:13; suffix רַחֶמְכֶם Isaiah 30:18; Participle מְרַחֵם Psalm 116:5, etc.; — have compassion, compassionate; —
1. usually of God: with accusative of his people, Exodus 33:19 (twice in verse) (J) Deuteronomy 13:18; Deuteronomy 30:3; 2 Kings 13:23; Isaiah 9:16; Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 30:18; Isaiah 49:10, 13; Isaiah 54:8, 10; Isaiah 55:7; Isaiah 60:10; Jeremiah 12:15; Jeremiah 30:18; Jeremiah 31:20 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 33:26; Ezekiel 39:25; Hosea 1:6, 7; Hosea 2:6; Hosea 2:25; Micah 7:19; Zechariah 1:12; Zechariah 10:6; Psalm 102:14; with עַל Psalm 103:13; absolute Jeremiah 13:14; Habakkuk 3:2; Psalm 116:5; Lamentations 3:32.
2. of man, usually a conqueror: with accusative 1 Kings 8:50; Jeremiah 42:12; absolute Jeremiah 6:23; Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 50:42; elsewhere of children, with accusative Isaiah 13:18; Isaiah 49:15; with עַל Psalm 103:13.
Pu. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular רֻחָ֑מָה Hosea 2:3; Hosea 2:25 (Ges§ 152 a N. Köi. 270); — Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְרֻחַם Hosea 14:4; יְרֻחָ֑ם Proverbs 28:13; be shewn compassion, compassionated: of orphans Hosea 14:4; children of Israel wife of Yahweh Hosea 2:3; Hosea 2:25 (compare לארֿ׳ Hosea 1:6, 8); penitent sinner Proverbs 28:13.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

33:19

Deuteronomy

13:18; 13:18; 30:3

2 Samuel

22:2

1 Kings

8:50

2 Kings

13:23

Psalms

18:2; 102:14; 103:13; 103:13; 103:13; 103:13; 116:5; 116:5

Proverbs

28:13; 28:13

Isaiah

9:16; 9:16; 13:18; 14:1; 27:11; 30:18; 30:18; 49:10; 49:13; 49:15; 49:15; 54:8; 54:10; 55:7; 55:7; 60:10

Jeremiah

6:23; 12:15; 13:14; 21:7; 30:18; 31:20; 31:20; 33:26; 42:12; 50:42

Lamentations

3:32

Ezekiel

39:25

Hosea

1:6; 1:6; 1:7; 1:8; 2:3; 2:3; 2:6; 14:4; 14:4

Micah

7:19

Habakkuk

3:2; 3:2

Zechariah

1:12; 10:6

H7355

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Strong's Number H7355 matches the Hebrew רָחַם (rāḥam),
which occurs 47 times in 43 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:19 - Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - “So none of the accursed things shall remain in your hand, that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of His anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you and multiply you, just as He swore to your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:3 - “that the LORD your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the LORD your God has scattered you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50 - “and forgive Your people who have sinned against You, and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You; and grant them compassion before those who took them captive, that they may have compassion on them

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But the LORD was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and regarded them, because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not yet destroy them or cast them from His presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said:

I will love You, O LORD, my strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:13 - You will arise and have mercy on Zion;
For the time to favor her,
Yes, the set time, has come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:13 - As a father pities his children,
So the LORD pities those who fear Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:5 - Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
Yes, our God is merciful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:13 - He who covers his sins will not prosper,
But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 - Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young men,
Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows;
For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer,
And every mouth speaks folly.

For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:18 - Also their bows will dash the young men to pieces,
And they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
Their eye will not spare children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:1 - For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11 - When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off;
The women come and set them on fire.
For it is a people of no understanding;
Therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them,
And He who formed them will show them no favor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:18 - Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the LORD is a God of justice;
Blessed are all those who wait for Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10 - They shall neither hunger nor thirst,
Neither heat nor sun shall strike them;
For He who has mercy on them will lead them,
Even by the springs of water He will guide them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:13 - Sing, O heavens!
Be joyful, O earth!
And break out in singing, O mountains!
For the LORD has comforted His people,
And will have mercy on His afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:15 - “Can a woman forget her nursing child,
And not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Surely they may forget,
Yet I will not forget you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:8 - With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment;
But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,”
Says the LORD, your Redeemer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:10 - For the mountains shall depart
And the hills be removed,
But My kindness shall not depart from you,
Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,”
Says the LORD, who has mercy on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:7 - Let the wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
Let him return to the LORD,
And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:10 - “The sons of foreigners shall build up your walls,
And their kings shall minister to you;
For in My wrath I struck you,
But in My favor I have had mercy on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:23 - They will lay hold on bow and spear;
They are cruel and have no mercy;
Their voice roars like the sea;
And they ride on horses,
As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:15 - “Then it shall be, after I have plucked them out, that I will return and have compassion on them and bring them back, everyone to his heritage and everyone to his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - “And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together,” says the LORD. “I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy, but will destroy them.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - “And afterward,” says the LORD, “I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence and the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword. He shall not spare them, or have pity or mercy.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18 - “Thus says the LORD:

‘Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob’s tents,
And have mercy on his dwelling places;
The city shall be built upon its own mound,
And the palace shall remain according to its own plan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:20 - Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a pleasant child?
For though I spoke against him,
I earnestly remember him still;
Therefore My heart yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:26 - ‘then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captives to return, and will have mercy on them.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:12 - ‘And I will show you mercy, that he may have mercy on you and cause you to return to your own land.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42 - They shall hold the bow and the lance;
They are cruel and shall not show mercy.
Their voice shall roar like the sea;
They shall ride on horses,
Set in array, like a man for the battle,
Against you, O daughter of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:32 - Though He causes grief,
Yet He will show compassion
According to the multitude of His mercies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:25 - “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name—

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:6 - And she conceived again and bore a daughter. Then God said to him:

“Call her name Lo-Ruhamah,[fn]
For I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel,
But I will utterly take them away.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:7 - Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah,
Will save them by the LORD their God,
And will not save them by bow,
Nor by sword or battle,
By horses or horsemen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:1 - Say to your brethren, ‘My people,’[fn]
And to your sisters, ‘Mercy[fn] is shown.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:4 - “I will not have mercy on her children,
For they are the children of harlotry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:23 - Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth,
And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy;[fn]
Then I will say to those who were not My people,[fn]
‘You are My people!’
And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:3 - Assyria shall not save us,
We will not ride on horses,
Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands,
‘You are our gods.’
For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:19 - He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.

You will cast all our[fn] sins
Into the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:2 - O LORD, I have heard Your speech and was afraid;
O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years!
In the midst of the years make it known;
In wrath remember mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12 - Then the Angel of the LORD answered and said, “O LORD of hosts, how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You were angry these seventy years?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:6 - “I will strengthen the house of Judah,
And I will save the house of Joseph.
I will bring them back,
Because I have mercy on them.
They shall be as though I had not cast them aside;
For I am the LORD their God,
And I will hear them.
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