Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NIV

NIV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H7402 - rāḵal

Choose a new font size and typeface
רָכַל
Transliteration
rāḵal
Pronunciation
raw-kal'
Listen
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2165

Strong’s Definitions

רָכַל râkal, raw-kal'; a primitive root; to travel for trading:—(spice) merchant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H7402 in the following manner: merchant (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H7402 in the following manner: merchant (17x).

  1. to go about (meaning dubious)

    1. (Qal) trafficker, trader (participle) (subst)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָכַל râkal, raw-kal'; a primitive root; to travel for trading:—(spice) merchant.
STRONGS H7402: Abbreviations
† [רָכַל] verb probably go about, from one to another (for trade or gossip) (? connected with רגל; compare Arabic bdb094001 kick a horse, to make him go [? properly use the foot, compare bdb094002 ?]; Late Hebrew רוֺכֵל, Aramaic רוֺכְלָא, bdb094003 trader, Late Hebrew רְכִילוּת slander [compare bdb094004 calumniator, from bdb094005 go about, Qor 2:19 and elsewhere]); —
Qal Participle רוֺכֵל Songs 3:6; feminine singular construct רֹכֶ֫לֶת Ezekiel 27:3, suffix רֹכַלְתֵךְ Ezekiel 27:20; Ezekiel 27:23; masculine plural רֹכְלִים 1 Kings 10:15 +, etc.; — as substantive = trafficker, trader: usually plural, Nahum 3:16; Ezekiel 17:4 (עִיר ר׳), Ezekiel 27:13, 15, 17, 22 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 27:23a (< strike out Toy Krae), Ezekiel 27:24; Nehemiah 3:31, 32; Nehemiah 13:20 (+ מֹרֵי כָלמִֿמְכָּר); מִסְחַר הָר׳ 1 Kings 10:15 (text dubious; compare מ׳ p.695); singular figurative of Tyre, רֹכֶלֶת הָעַמִּים אֶלאִֿיִּים רַכִּים Ezekiel 27:8, of a people Ezekiel 27:20; Ezekiel 27:23b (plural MezHarran 34 Krae, see also כִּלְמֶד); singular of person only אַבְקַת רוֺכֵל Songs 3:6.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

10:15; 10:15

Nehemiah

3:31; 3:32; 13:20

Song of Songs

3:6; 3:6

Ezekiel

17:4; 27:3; 27:8; 27:13; 27:15; 27:17; 27:20; 27:20; 27:22; 27:23; 27:23; 27:23; 27:24

Nahum

3:16

H7402

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7402 matches the Hebrew רָכַל (rāḵal),
which occurs 17 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:15 - not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:31 - Next to him, Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the room above the corner;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:32 - and between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:20 - Once or twice the merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:6 - Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense made from all the spices of the merchant?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:4 - he broke off its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:3 - Say to Tyre, situated at the gateway to the sea, merchant of peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘You say, Tyre, “I am perfect in beauty.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:13 - “ ‘Greece, Tubal and Meshek did business with you; they traded human beings and articles of bronze for your wares.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15 - “ ‘The men of Rhodes[fn] traded with you, and many coastlands were your customers; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:17 - “ ‘Judah and Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith and confections,[fn] honey, olive oil and balm for your wares.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:20 - “ ‘Dedan traded in saddle blankets with you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:22 - “ ‘The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your merchandise they exchanged the finest of all kinds of spices and precious stones, and gold.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:23 - “ ‘Harran, Kanneh and Eden and merchants of Sheba, Ashur and Kilmad traded with you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:24 - In your marketplace they traded with you beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered work and multicolored rugs with cords twisted and tightly knotted.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 - You have increased the number of your merchants till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky, but like locusts they strip the land and then fly away.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NIV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NIV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.