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Lexicon :: Strong's H7356 - raḥam

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רַחַם
Transliteration
raḥam
Pronunciation
rakh'-am
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, absolute state masculine plural intensive noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2146a

Strong’s Definitions

רַחַם racham, rakh'-am; from H7355; compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden:—bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H7356 in the following manner: mercy (30x), compassion (4x), womb (4x), bowels (2x), pity (2x), damsel (1x), tender love (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H7356 in the following manner: mercy (30x), compassion (4x), womb (4x), bowels (2x), pity (2x), damsel (1x), tender love (1x).
masculine noun

  1. womb

    absolute state masculine plural intensive noun

  2. compassion

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רַחַם racham, rakh'-am; from H7355; compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden:—bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.
STRONGS H7356: Abbreviations
† [H7358 רֶ֫חֶם], רַ֫הַם noun masculine[H7358Hosea 9:14] womb ...רַ֫חַם Judges 5:30, רָ֑חֶם ...רָ֑חַם Genesis 49:25 +;  ... dual רַחֲמָתַיִם H7356; H7361 Judges 5:30; —
1. womb, Genesis 49:25 (J)  ... (מִנִּי), Isaiah 46:3  ... Ezekiel 20:26  ... עֹצֶר ר׳ Proverbs 30:16
2. womb-man, woman-slave: רַחַם רַחֲמָתַיִם Judges 5:30 a woman, two women.

This is a portion of the full BDB entry H7358.

רַחֲמִים noun masculine 2 Samuel 24:14 absolute plural intensive compassion (according to many denominative from רֶחֶם, originally brotherhood, brotherly feeling, of those born from same womb, see NöZMG xl (1886), 151 (yet see 152) WeGGN 1893, 475 Gerber126, or motherly feeling Köii. 1, 34); — absolute ר׳ Genesis 43:14 +; construct רַחֲמֵי Proverbs 12:10; suffix רַחֲמָיו Lamentations 3:22 (Baer Gi; van d. H. Qr, Kt רחמו), 2 Samuel 24:14 Qr (> Kt רחמו), etc.; —
1. compassion: usually of God Isaiah 63:7, Isaiah 63:15; Psalm 77:10 [Psalm 77:9]; Psalm 79:8; Psalm 119:77; Zechariah 1:16; Daniel 9:9; Nehemiah 9:28; with רבים 2 Samuel 24:14 = 1 Chronicles 21:13; Nehemiah 9:19, Nehemiah 9:27, Nehemiah 9:31; Psalm 119:156; Daniel 9:18; גדולים Isaiah 54:7; || חסד Psalm 40:12 [Psalm 40:11]; Psalm 103:4; Hosea 2:21 [Hosea 2:19]; Jeremiah 16:5; חסדים Psalm 25:6; כרֹב רחמיךָ Psalm 51:3 [Psalm 51:1]; Psalm 69:17 [Psalm 69:16]; with על of thing Psalm 145:9; ל נתן ר׳ Deuteronomy 13:18 [Deuteronomy 13:17]; Jeremiah 42:12; לא כלו ר׳ Lamentations 3:22.
2. of man, Amos 1:11; Proverbs 12:10; עשׂה ר׳ Zechariah 7:9; לִפְנֵי ר׳ נָתַן לפ׳ Genesis 43:14 (R); נתן לִפְנֵי לר׳ פ׳ 1 Kings 8:50; Nehemiah 1:11; Daniel 1:9; Psalm 106:46, compare 2 Chronicles 30:9; ל שׂם ר׳ Isaiah 47:6; אל נִכְמְרוּ ר׳ Genesis 43:30 (J), with על 2 Kings 3:26.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7359.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

43:14; 43:14; 43:30; 49:25; 49:25

Deuteronomy

13:17

Judges

5:30; 5:30; 5:30

2 Samuel

24:14; 24:14; 24:14

1 Kings

8:50

2 Kings

3:26

1 Chronicles

21:13

2 Chronicles

30:9

Nehemiah

1:11; 9:19; 9:27; 9:28; 9:31

Psalms

25:6; 40:11; 51:1; 69:16; 77:9; 79:8; 103:4; 106:46; 119:77; 119:156; 145:9

Proverbs

12:10; 12:10; 30:16

Isaiah

46:3; 47:6; 54:7; 63:7; 63:15

Jeremiah

16:5; 42:12

Lamentations

3:22; 3:22

Ezekiel

20:26

Daniel

1:9; 9:9; 9:18

Hosea

2:19

Amos

1:11

Zechariah

1:16; 7:9

H7356

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Strong's Number H7356 matches the Hebrew רַחַם (raḥam),
which occurs 45 times in 44 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14 - and God Almighty give to you mercies before the man, so that he hath sent to you your other brother and Benjamin; and I, when I am bereaved -- I am bereaved.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30 - And Joseph hasteth, for his bowels have been moved for his brother, and he seeketh to weep, and entereth the inner chamber, and weepeth there;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 - By the God of thy father who helpeth thee, And the Mighty One who blesseth thee, Blessings of the heavens from above, Blessings of the deep lying under, Blessings of breasts and womb; --

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - and there doth not cleave to thy hand any of the devoted thing, so that Jehovah doth turn back from the fierceness of His anger, and hath given to thee mercies, and loved thee, and multiplied thee, as He hath sworn to thy fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30 - Do they not find? -- they apportion spoil, A female -- two females -- for every head, Spoil of finger-work for Sisera, Spoil of embroidered finger-work, Finger-work -- a pair of embroidered things, For the necks of the spoil!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14 - And David saith unto Gad, 'I have great distress, let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for many are His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - And the woman whose son is the living one saith unto the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), yea, she saith, 'O, my lord, give to her the living child, and put it not at all to death;' and this one saith, 'Let it be neither mine or thine -- cut it.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50 - and hast forgiven Thy people who have sinned against Thee, even all their transgressions which they have transgressed against Thee, and hast given them mercies before their captors, and they have had mercy on them --

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13 - And David saith unto Gad, 'I am greatly distressed, let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for very many are His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:9 - for in your turning back unto Jehovah, your brethren and your sons have mercies before their captors, even to return to this land, for gracious and merciful is Jehovah your God, and He doth not turn aside the face from you, if ye turn back unto Him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:11 - 'I beseech Thee, O Lord, let, I pray Thee, Thine ear be attentive unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto the prayer of Thy servants, those delighting to fear Thy Name; and give prosperity, I pray Thee, to Thy servant to-day, and give him for mercies before this man;' and I have been butler to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:19 - and Thou, in Thine abundant mercies, hast not forsaken them in the wilderness -- the pillar of the cloud hath not turned aside from off them by day, to lead them in the way, and the pillar of the fire by night, to give light to them and the way in which they go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 - and Thou givest them into the hand of their adversaries, and they distress them, and in the time of their distress they cry unto Thee, and Thou, from the heavens, dost hear, and, according to Thine abundant mercies, dost give to them saviours, and they save them out of the hand of their adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 - 'And when they have rest, they turn back to do evil before Thee, and Thou dost leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they rule over them; and they turn back, and call Thee, and Thou from the heavens dost hear, and dost deliver them, according to Thy mercies, many times,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31 - and in Thine abundant mercies Thou hast not made them a consumption, nor hast forsaken them; for a God, gracious and merciful, art Thou.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:6 - Remember Thy mercies, O Jehovah, And Thy kindnesses, for from the age are they.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11 - Thou, O Jehovah, restrainest not Thy mercies from me, Thy kindness and Thy truth do continually keep me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:1 - To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David, in the coming inn unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:16 - Answer me, O Jehovah, for good is Thy kindness, According to the abundance Of Thy mercies turn Thou unto me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:9 - Hath God forgotten His favours? Hath He shut up in anger His mercies? Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:8 - Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:4 - Who is redeeming from destruction thy life, Who is crowning thee -- kindness and mercies,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:46

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:46 - And He appointeth them for mercies Before all their captors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:77

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:77 - Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law is my delight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:156

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:156 - Thy mercies are many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 145:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:9 - Good is Jehovah to all, And His mercies are over all His works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:10 - The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked are cruel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 - Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth -- it is not satisfied with water, And fire -- it hath not said, 'Sufficiency,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:3 - Hearken unto Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of Israel, Who are borne from the belly, Who are carried from the womb,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 - I have been wroth against My people, I have polluted Mine inheritance And I give them into thy hand, Thou hast not appointed for them mercies, On the aged thou hast made thy yoke very heavy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:7 - In a small moment I have forsaken thee, And in great mercies I do gather thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:7 - The kind acts of Jehovah I make mention of, The praises of Jehovah, According to all that Jehovah hath done for us, And the abundance of the goodness to the house of Israel, That He hath done for them, According to His mercies, And according to the abundance of His kind acts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:15 - Look attentively from the heavens, And see from Thy holy and beauteous habitation, Where is Thy zeal and Thy might? The multitude of Thy bowels and Thy mercies Towards me have refrained themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:5 - For thus said Jehovah: Do not enter the house of a mourning-feast, Nor go to lament nor bemoan for them, For I have removed My peace from this people, An affirmation of Jehovah, The kindness and the mercies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:12 - And I give to you mercies, and he hath pitied you, and caused you to turn back unto your own ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:22 - The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26 - And I defile them by their own gifts, By causing to pass away every opener of a womb, So that I make them desolate, So that they know that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:9 - And God giveth Daniel for kindness and for mercies before the chief of the eunuchs;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:9 - 'To the Lord our God are the mercies and the forgivenesses, for we have rebelled against Him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18 - 'Incline, O my God, Thine ear, and hear, open Thine eyes and see our desolations, and the city on which Thy name is called; for not for our righteous acts are we causing our supplications to fall before Thee, but for Thy mercies that are many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:19 - And I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies,

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his pursuing with a sword his brother, And he hath destroyed his mercies, And tear perpetually doth his anger, And his wrath -- he hath kept it for ever,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:16 - Therefore, thus said Jehovah: I have turned to Jerusalem with mercies, My house is built in it, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And a line is stretched over Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:9 - 'Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.
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