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Lexicon :: Strong's H7364 - rāḥaṣ

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רָחַץ
Transliteration
rāḥaṣ
Pronunciation
raw-khats'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2150

Strong’s Definitions

רָחַץ râchats, raw-khats'; a primitive root; to lave (the whole or a part of a thing):—bathe (self), wash (self).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 72x

The KJV translates Strong's H7364 in the following manner: wash (53x), bathe (18x), wash away (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 72x
The KJV translates Strong's H7364 in the following manner: wash (53x), bathe (18x), wash away (1x).

  1. to wash, wash off, wash away, bathe

    1. (Qal)

      1. to wash, wash off, wash away

      2. to wash, bathe (oneself)

    2. (Pual) to be washed

    3. (Hithpael) to wash oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָחַץ râchats, raw-khats'; a primitive root; to lave (the whole or a part of a thing):—bathe (self), wash (self).
STRONGS H7364: Abbreviations
רָחַץ 72 verb wash, wash off, away, bathe (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bdb093405 (also of garments); Ethiopic bdb093406, bdb093407 sweat; compare Assyrian raḫâṣu, overflow, flood (on — = bdb093408 see NöZMG xi (1886), 727)); —
Qal69 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ר׳ Isaiah 4:4 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְחַץ Deuteronomy 23:12 + etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְחַץ 2 Samuel 11:8; 2 Kings 5:13; masculine plural רַחֲצוּ Genesis 18:4 +; Infinitive construct רְחֹץ Genesis 24:32 +, לְרָחְצָה Exodus 30:18 +; Participle feminine singular רֹחֶ֫צֶת 2 Samuel 11:2, feminine plural רֹחֲצוֺת Songs 5:12; —
1. transitive wash (with water), with accusative feet (רגלים; בַּמַּיִם often expressed), Genesis 18:4; Genesis 19:2; Genesis 24:32; Genesis 43:24 (all J), Judges 19:21; 1 Samuel 25:41; 2 Samuel 11:8; Songs 5:3; הָרָשָׁע בְּדַם פְּעָמָיו יִר Psalm 58:11 (figurative of righteous, at י׳'s vengeance); with accusative hands (יָדַיִם) Deuteronomy 21:6 (+ עַל over, in ceremonial, to express innocence), hence figurative בְּנַקָּיוֺן כַּפַּי אֶר׳ Psalm 26:6; Psalm 73:13; hands and feet Exodus 30:19 (+ מִן of laver), Exodus 30:21; Exodus 40:31 (+ מִן id.; all P); with accusative face (פָּנָיו) Genesis 43:31 (J); with accusative of person Ezekiel 16:9; Exodus 29:4; Exodus 40:12; Leviticus 8:6 (all P), accusative בְּשָׂרוֺ (often || כבּס of garments), Leviticus 14:9; Leviticus 15:13 + 9 times P (H); with accusative of parts of sacrificial victim Exodus 29:17; Leviticus 1:9, 13; Leviticus 8:21; Leviticus 9:14; wash off, away, with accusative of filth Isaiah 4:4 (figurative).
2. intransitive wash, bathe (oneself): Exodus 2:5 (E), 2 Samuel 11:2; 2 Samuel 12:20; 1 Kings 22:38; 2 Kings 5:10, 12, 13; Isaiah 1:16; Ezekiel 23:40 (+ ל person for whom), Ruth 3:3; Leviticus 14:8 + 14 times P (often || כבּס); + ב of laver 2 Chronicles 4:6 (twice in verse); of eyes, bathed in milk (בֶּחָלָב) Songs 5:12 (figurative); Job 29:6 (figurative), see הָלִיךְ.
† Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular רֻחָ֑ץ Proverbs 30:12 be washed (+ מִן of filth, figurative); 2nd person feminine singular בְּמַיִם לֹא רֻחַצְתְּ Ezekiel 16:4 (in figurative).
† Hithp. Perfect 1st person singular הִתְרָחַצְתִּי במו שׁלג Job 9:30 if I washed myself in snow (figurative).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:4; 18:4; 19:2; 24:32; 24:32; 43:24; 43:31

Exodus

2:5; 29:4; 29:17; 30:18; 30:19; 30:21; 40:12; 40:31

Leviticus

1:9; 1:13; 8:6; 8:21; 9:14; 14:8; 14:9; 15:13

Deuteronomy

21:6; 23:12

Judges

19:21

Ruth

3:3

1 Samuel

25:41

2 Samuel

11:2; 11:2; 11:8; 11:8; 12:20

1 Kings

22:38

2 Kings

5:10; 5:12; 5:13; 5:13

2 Chronicles

4:6

Job

9:30; 29:6

Psalms

26:6; 58:11; 73:13

Proverbs

30:12

Song of Songs

5:3; 5:12; 5:12

Isaiah

1:16; 4:4; 4:4

Ezekiel

16:4; 16:9; 23:40

H7364

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7364 matches the Hebrew רָחַץ (rāḥaṣ),
which occurs 72 times in 71 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (2Sa 11:2–Eze 23:40)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 - It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8 - Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king’s house, and there followed him a present from the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20 - Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood, and the prostitutes washed themselves in it, according to the word of the LORD that he had spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:10 - And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - Are not Abana[fn] and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:13 - But his servants came near and said to him, “My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He also made ten basins in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:30 - If I wash myself with snow
and cleanse my hands with lye,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:6 - when my steps were washed with butter,
and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:6 - I wash my hands in innocence
and go around your altar, O LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10 - The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 - All in vain have I kept my heart clean
and washed my hands in innocence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:12 - There are those who are clean in their own eyes
but are not washed of their filth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:3 - I had put off my garment;
how could I put it on?
I had bathed my feet;
how could I soil them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 - His eyes are like doves
beside streams of water,
bathed in milk,
sitting beside a full pool.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
cease to do evil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:4 - when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:4 - And as for your birth, on the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling cloths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:9 - Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and anointed you with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:40 - They even sent for men to come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and behold, they came. For them you bathed yourself, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments.

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