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Lexicon :: Strong's H7523 - rāṣaḥ

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רָצַח
Transliteration
rāṣaḥ
Pronunciation
raw-tsakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2208

Strong’s Definitions

רָצַח râtsach, raw-tsakh'; a primitive root; properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder:—put to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's H7523 in the following manner: slayer (16x), murderer (14x), kill (5x), murder (3x), slain (3x), manslayer (2x), killing (1x), slayer (with H310) (1x), slayeth (1x), death (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's H7523 in the following manner: slayer (16x), murderer (14x), kill (5x), murder (3x), slain (3x), manslayer (2x), killing (1x), slayer (with H310) (1x), slayeth (1x), death (1x).

  1. to murder, slay, kill

    1. (Qal) to murder, slay

      1. premeditated

      2. accidental

      3. as avenger

      4. slayer (intentional) (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be slain

    3. (Piel)

      1. to murder, assassinate

      2. murderer, assassin (participle)(subst)

    4. (Pual) to be killed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָצַח râtsach, raw-tsakh'; a primitive root; properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder:—put to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er).
STRONGS H7523: Abbreviations
† רָצַח verb murder, slay (Late Hebrew (rare, also in derivatives) = Biblical Hebrew; compare Arabic bdb095304, bdb095305 break, bruise, crush); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְר׳ Numbers 35:27, וּרְצָחוֺ Deuteronomy 22:26; 2nd person masculine singular (הֲ)רָצַחְתָּ 1 Kings 21:19; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְצַח Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 4:42; 2nd person masculine singular (צַח-) תִּרְצָ֑ח Exodus 20:13 = Deuteronomy 5:17; Infinitive absolute רָצֹהַּ Hosea 4:2; Jeremiah 7:9; Participle active רֹצֵחַ Deuteronomy 19:3 +, רוֺ׳ Deuteronomy 4:42 +; — murder, slay, with premeditation, Exodus 20:13 (E) = Deuteronomy 5:17; Hosea 4:2; Jeremiah 7:9; 1 Kings 21:19 (all absolute); with accusative of person Deuteronomy 22:26, unawares Deuteronomy 4:42; slay as avenger Numbers 35:27, 30 (P; || חֵמִית Numbers 35:19; Numbers 35:21); especially participle as substantive = slayer, manslayer, without intent, Deuteronomy 4:42; Deuteronomy 19:3, 4, 6; also in P: Numbers 35:6, 11, 12, 25, 26, 27, 28; Joshua 20:3, 5, 6; Joshua 21:13, 21, 27, 32, 26 (van d. H., Baer, Joshua 21:38 Gi; all P); murderer, with intent, Numbers 35:16 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:17 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:18 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:19, 21 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:30; Numbers 30:31; also Job 24:14.
Niph. Imperfect 1st person singular אֵרָצֵחַ Proverbs 22:13 I shall be slain; Participle feminine singular as adjective אִשָּׁה הַנִּרְצָחָה Judges 20:4 the murdered woman.
Pi. (intensive) murder, assassinate: 3rd person masculine plural יְרַצְּחוּ Hosea 6:9 (absolute), יְרַצֵּ֑חוּ Psalm 94:6 (accusative of person, || הָרַג); Psalm 62:4 see below; Participle מְרַצֵּחַ, as substantive 2 Kings 6:32 murderer, assassin; plural מְרֵצְּחִים Isaiah 1:21assassins.
Pu. Imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural תְּרָצְּחוּ Psalm 62:4, so Baer Gi, van d. H. תְּרָצְחוּ, but Ben Naphtali
Pi. תְּרַצְּחוּ (Baer143), so Vrss Hup-Now De Che Bae and others ye murder (or batter, shatter).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

20:13; 20:13

Numbers

35:6; 35:11; 35:12; 35:16; 35:17; 35:18; 35:19; 35:19; 35:21; 35:21; 35:25; 35:26; 35:27; 35:27; 35:27; 35:28; 35:30; 35:30; 35:30

Deuteronomy

4:42; 4:42; 4:42; 4:42; 5:17; 5:17; 19:3; 19:3; 19:4; 19:6; 22:26; 22:26

Joshua

20:3; 20:5; 20:6; 21:13; 21:21; 21:26; 21:27; 21:32; 21:38

Judges

20:4

1 Kings

21:19; 21:19

2 Kings

6:32

Job

24:14

Psalms

62:4; 62:4; 94:6

Proverbs

22:13

Isaiah

1:21

Jeremiah

7:9; 7:9

Hosea

4:2; 4:2; 6:9

H7523

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Strong's Number H7523 matches the Hebrew רָצַח (rāṣaḥ),
which occurs 47 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:13 - "You shall not murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to: and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16 - But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meets him, he shall put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or in enmity struck him with his hand, so that he died; he who struck him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meets him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, where he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the Kohen Gadol, who was anointed with the holy oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the avenger of blood find him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the Kohen Gadol: but after the death of the Kohen Gadol the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 - Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:17 - "You shall not murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3 - You shall prepare you the way, and divide the borders of your land, which the LORD your God causes you to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 - This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he didn't hate him in time past.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 - but to the lady you shall do nothing; there is in the lady no sin worthy of death: for as when a man rises against his neighbor, and kills him, even so is this matter;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly and unawares may flee there: and they shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him before.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6 - He shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the Kohen Gadol that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from whence he fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 - To the children of Aharon the Kohen they gave Hevron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Livna with its suburbs,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - They gave them Shekhem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Efrayim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - To the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Menashsheh they gave Galon in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be`eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - Out of the tribe of Naftali, Kedesh in the Galil with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammot-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramot in Gil`ad with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Machanayim with its suburbs,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, I came into Gevah that belongs to Binyamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the LORD, Have you killed and also taken possession? You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Navot shall dogs lick your blood, even your.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the Zakenim were sitting with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the Zakenim, See you how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: isn't the sound of his master's feet behind him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:3 - How long will you assault a man, Would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 - They kill the widow and the alien, And murder the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, But now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Ba`al, and walk after other gods that you have not known,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; They break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:9 - As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, So the company of Kohanim murder in the way toward Shekhem, Committing shameful crimes.
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