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Lexicon :: Strong's G4478 - rachēl

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Ῥαχήλ
Transliteration
rachēl (Key)
Pronunciation
hrakh-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin רָחֵל (H7354)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
50x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Ῥαχήλ Rhachḗl, hrakh-ale'; of Hebrew origin (H7354); Rachel, the wife of Jacob:—Rachel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4478 in the following manner: Rachel (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4478 in the following manner: Rachel (1x).

  1. Rachel = "ewe or sheep"

    1. the wife of Jacob

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ῥαχήλ Rhachḗl, hrakh-ale'; of Hebrew origin (H7354); Rachel, the wife of Jacob:—Rachel.
STRONGS G4478:
Ραχηλ (רָחֵל, a ewe or a sheep), ἡ, Rachel (cf. B. D. under the word), the wife of the patriarch Jacob: Matthew 2:18 (from Jeremiah 38:15 (Jer. 31:15)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Jeremiah
31:15; 38:15
Matthew
2:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4478 matches the Greek Ῥαχήλ (rachēl),
which occurs 50 times in 47 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:6 - And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well. And behold Rachel his daughter came with the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:9 - While he was yet speaking to them, behold, Rachel the daughter of Laban came with her father's sheep, for she fed the sheep of her father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob came and rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:11 - And Jacob kissed Rachel, and cried with a loud voice and wept.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:12 - And he told Rachel that he was the near relative of her father, and the son of Rebecca; and she ran and reported to her father according to these words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:16 - Now Laban had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lea, and the name of the younger, Rachel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:17 - And the eyes of Lea were weak. But Rachel was beautiful in appearance, and exceedingly fair in countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for thy younger daughter Rachel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they were before him as a few days, by reason of his loving her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25 - And it was morning, and behold it was Lea; and Jacob said to Laban, What is this that thou hast done to me? did I not serve thee for Rachel? and wherefore hast thou deceived me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:28 - And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her sevens; and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:29 - And Laban gave to his daughter his handmaid Balla, for a handmaid to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - And he went in to Rachel; and he loved Rachel more than Lea; and he served him seven other years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31 - And when the Lord God saw that Lea was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1 - And Rachel having perceived that she bore Jacob no children, was jealous of her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children; and if not, I shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - And Rachel said to Jacob, Behold my handmaid Balla, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall have children by her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:5 - And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:6 - And Rachel said, God has given judgment for me, and hearkened to my voice, and has given me a son; therefore she called his name, Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7 - And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived yet again, and bore a second son to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:8 - And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed; and she called his name, Nephthalim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - And Ruben went in the day of barley-harvest, and found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Lea; and Rachel said to Lea her sister, Give me of thy son's mandrakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:15 - And Lea said, Is it not enough for thee that thou hast taken my husband, wilt thou also take my son's mandrakes? And Rachel said, Not so: let him lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:22 - And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and he opened her womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:23 - And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:25 - And it came to pass when Rachel had born Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:4 - And Jacob sent and called Lea and Rachel to the plain where the flocks were.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:14 - And Rachel and Lea answered and said to him, Have we yet a part or inheritance in the house of our father?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19 - And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole her father's images.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32 - And Jacob said, With whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, he shall not live in the presence of our brethren; take notice of what I have of thy property, and take it; and he observed nothing with him, but Jacob knew not that his wife Rachel had stolen them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - And Laban went in and searched in the house of Lea, and found them not; and he went out of the house of Lea, and searched in the house of Jacob, and in the house of the two maid-servants, and found them not; and he went also into the house of Rachel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34 - And Rachel took the idols, and cast them among the camels' packs, and sat upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 - And Jacob [fn]lifted up his eyes, and beheld, and lo! Esau his brother coming, and four hundred men with him; and Jacob divided the children to Lea and to Rachel, and the two handmaidens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 - And he put the two handmaidens and their children with the first, and Lea and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7 - And Lea and her children drew near and did reverence; and after this drew near Rachel and Joseph, and did reverence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 - [fn][And Jacob removed from Bæthel, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader,] and it came to pass when he drew nigh to Chabratha, to enter into Ephratha, Rachel travailed; and in her travail she was in hard labour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:19 - So Rachel died, and was buried in the way of the course of Ephratha, this is Bethleem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:20 - And Jacob set up a pillar on her tomb; this is the pillar on the tomb of Rachel, until this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:24 - And the sons of Rachel; Joseph and Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:25 - And the sons of Balla, the hand-maid of Rachel; Dan and Nephthalim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:19 - And the sons of Rachel, the wife of Jacob; Joseph, and Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:22 - These are the sons of Rachel, which she bore to Jacob; all the souls eighteen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:25 - These are the sons of Balla, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, who bore these to Jacob; all the souls, seven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - And as for me, when I came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, Rachel, thy mother, died in the land of Chanaan, as I drew nigh to the horse-course of Chabratha of the land of Chanaan, so as to come to Ephratha; and I buried her in the road of the course; this is Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all the people who were in the gate said, We are witnesses: and the elders said, The Lord make thy wife who goes into thy house, as Rachel and as Lia, who both together built the house of Israel, and wrought mightily in Ephratha, and there shall be a name to thee in Bethleem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - As soon as thou shalt have departed this day from me, thou shalt find two men by the [fn]burial-place of Rachel on the mount of Benjamin, exulting greatly; and they shall say to thee, The asses are found which ye went to seek; and, behold, thy father has given up the matter of the asses, and he is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15 - (LXX 38:15) A voice was heard in Rama, of lamentation, and of weeping, and wailing; Rachel would not cease weeping for her children, because they are not.
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