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Lexicon :: Strong's H7402 - rāḵal

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רָכַל
Transliteration
rāḵal
Pronunciation
raw-kal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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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.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:15 - besides that from the traveling merchants, from the income of traders, from all the kings of Arabia, and from the governors of the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:31 - After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the Nethinim and of the merchants, in front of the Miphkad[fn] Gate, and as far as the upper room at the corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:32 - And between the upper room at the corner, as far as the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:20 - Now the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:6 - The Shulamite
Who is this coming out of the wilderness
Like pillars of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all the merchant’s fragrant powders?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:4 - He cropped off its topmost young twig
And carried it to a land of trade;
He set it in a city of merchants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:3 - “and say to Tyre, ‘You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord GOD:

“O Tyre, you have said,
‘I am perfect in beauty.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:13 - “Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They bartered human lives and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15 - “The men of Dedan were your traders; many isles were the market of your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:17 - “Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and balm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:20 - “Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:22 - “The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:23 - “Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:24 - “These were your merchants in choice items—in purple clothes, in embroidered garments, in chests of multicolored apparel, in sturdy woven cords, which were in your marketplace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 - You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of heaven.
The locust plunders and flies away.
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