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Lexicon :: Strong's H7355 - rāḥam

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רָחַם
Transliteration
rāḥam
Pronunciation
raw-kham'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2146

Strong’s Definitions

רָחַם râcham, raw-kham'; a primitive root; to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate:—have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, × surely.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's H7355 in the following manner: ...mercy (32x), ...compassion (8x), pity (3x), love (1x), merciful (1x), Ruhamah (1x), surely (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's H7355 in the following manner: ...mercy (32x), ...compassion (8x), pity (3x), love (1x), merciful (1x), Ruhamah (1x), surely (1x).

  1. to love, love deeply, have mercy, be compassionate, have tender affection, have compassion

    1. (Qal) to love

    2. (Piel)

      1. to have compassion, be compassionate

        1. of God, man

    3. (Pual) to be shown compassion, be compassionate

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָחַם râcham, raw-kham'; a primitive root; to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate:—have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, × surely.
STRONGS H7355: Abbreviations
† [רָחַם] verb denominative love. Pi. have compassion; —
Qal Imperfect 1st person singular suffix אֶרְחָֽמְךָ Psalm 18:2 I love thee (perhaps gloss; see not in || 2 Samuel 22:2; Hi Ch SS Gerber read אֲרֹמִמְךָ).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular רִחַם Psalm 103:13 +; suffix וְרִחַמְךָ consecutive Deuteronomy 13:18, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְרַחֵם Isaiah 9:16 +; suffix יְרַחֲמֵהוּ Isaiah 55:7, etc.; Infinitive absolute רַחְֵ Jeremiah 31:20; Habakkuk 3:2; construct רַחֵם Isaiah 49:15; Psalm 103:13; suffix רַחֶמְכֶם Isaiah 30:18; Participle מְרַחֵם Psalm 116:5, etc.; — have compassion, compassionate; —
1. usually of God: with accusative of his people, Exodus 33:19 (twice in verse) (J) Deuteronomy 13:18; Deuteronomy 30:3; 2 Kings 13:23; Isaiah 9:16; Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 30:18; Isaiah 49:10, 13; Isaiah 54:8, 10; Isaiah 55:7; Isaiah 60:10; Jeremiah 12:15; Jeremiah 30:18; Jeremiah 31:20 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 33:26; Ezekiel 39:25; Hosea 1:6, 7; Hosea 2:6; Hosea 2:25; Micah 7:19; Zechariah 1:12; Zechariah 10:6; Psalm 102:14; with עַל Psalm 103:13; absolute Jeremiah 13:14; Habakkuk 3:2; Psalm 116:5; Lamentations 3:32.
2. of man, usually a conqueror: with accusative 1 Kings 8:50; Jeremiah 42:12; absolute Jeremiah 6:23; Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 50:42; elsewhere of children, with accusative Isaiah 13:18; Isaiah 49:15; with עַל Psalm 103:13.
Pu. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular רֻחָ֑מָה Hosea 2:3; Hosea 2:25 (Ges§ 152 a N. Köi. 270); — Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְרֻחַם Hosea 14:4; יְרֻחָ֑ם Proverbs 28:13; be shewn compassion, compassionated: of orphans Hosea 14:4; children of Israel wife of Yahweh Hosea 2:3; Hosea 2:25 (compare לארֿ׳ Hosea 1:6, 8); penitent sinner Proverbs 28:13.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

33:19

Deuteronomy

13:18; 13:18; 30:3

2 Samuel

22:2

1 Kings

8:50

2 Kings

13:23

Psalms

18:2; 102:14; 103:13; 103:13; 103:13; 103:13; 116:5; 116:5

Proverbs

28:13; 28:13

Isaiah

9:16; 9:16; 13:18; 14:1; 27:11; 30:18; 30:18; 49:10; 49:13; 49:15; 49:15; 54:8; 54:10; 55:7; 55:7; 60:10

Jeremiah

6:23; 12:15; 13:14; 21:7; 30:18; 31:20; 31:20; 33:26; 42:12; 50:42

Lamentations

3:32

Ezekiel

39:25

Hosea

1:6; 1:6; 1:7; 1:8; 2:3; 2:3; 2:6; 14:4; 14:4

Micah

7:19

Habakkuk

3:2; 3:2

Zechariah

1:12; 10:6

H7355

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Strong's Number H7355 matches the Hebrew רָחַם (rāḥam),
which occurs 47 times in 43 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:3 - then the LORD H3068 your God H430 will restore H7725 [fn]you from captivity, H7622 and have H7355 compassion H7355 on you, and will gather H6908 you again H7725 from all H3605 the peoples H5971 where H834 H8033 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has scattered H6327 you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50 - and forgive H5545 Your people H5971 who H834 have sinned H2398 against You and all H3605 their transgressions H6588 which H834 they have transgressed H6586 against You, and make H5414 them objects of compassion H7356 before H6440 those who have taken H7617 them captive, H7628 that they may have H7355 compassion H7355 on them

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But the LORD H3068 was gracious H2603 to them and had H7355 compassion H7355 on them and turned H6437 to them because H4616 of His covenant H1285 with Abraham, H85 Isaac, H3327 and Jacob, H3290 and would H14 not destroy H7843 them or cast H7993 them from His presence H6440 until H5704 now. H6258

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:1 - For the choir director. H5329 A Psalm of David H1732 the servant H5650 of the LORD, H3068 [fn]who spoke H1696 to the LORD H3068 the words H1697 of this song H7892 in the day H3117 that the LORD H3068 delivered H5337 him from the hand H3709 of all his enemies H341 and from the hand H3027 of Saul. H7586 And he said, H559
“I love H7355 You, O LORD, H3068 my strength.” H2391

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:13 - You will arise H6965 and have H7355 compassion H7355 on Zion; H6726
For it is time H6256 to be gracious H2603 to her,
For the appointed H4150 time H4150 has come. H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:13 - Just as a father H1 has H7355 compassion H7355 on his children, H1121
So the LORD H3068 has H7355 compassion H7355 on those who [fn]fear H3372 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:5 - Gracious H2587 is the LORD, H3068 and righteous; H6662
Yes, our God H430 is compassionate. H7355

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:13 - He who conceals H3680 his transgressions H6588 will not prosper, H6743
But he who confesses H3034 and forsakes H5800 them will find H7355 compassion. H7355

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 - Therefore H5921 H3651 the Lord H136 does not take H8055 pleasure H8055 in their young H970 men, H970
Nor H3808 does He have H7355 pity H7355 on their [fn]orphans H3490 or their widows; H490
For every H3605 one H3605 of them is godless H2611 and an evildoer, H7489
And every H3605 mouth H6310 is speaking H1696 foolishness. H5039
In spite of all H3605 this, H2088 His anger H639 does not turn H7725 away H7725
And His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:18 - And their bows H7198 will [fn]mow H7376 down H7376 the young H5288 men, H5288
They will not even have H7355 compassion H7355 on the fruit H6529 of the womb, H990
Nor will their eye H5869 pity H2347 [fn]children. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:1 - When H3588 the LORD H3068 will have H7355 compassion H7355 on Jacob H3290 and again H5750 choose H977 Israel, H3478 and settle H5117 them in their own land, H127 then strangers H1616 will join H3867 them and attach H5596 themselves to the house H1004 of Jacob. H3290

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11 - When its limbs H7105 are dry, H3001 they are broken H7665 off;
Women H802 come H935 and make H215 a fire H215 with them,
For they are not a people H5971 of discernment, H998
Therefore H5921 H3651 their Maker H6213 will not have H7355 compassion H7355 on them.
And their Creator H3335 will not be gracious H2603 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:18 - Therefore H3651 the LORD H3068 [fn]longs H2442 to be gracious H2603 to you,
And therefore H3651 He [fn]waits H2442 on high H7311 to have H7355 compassion H7355 on you.
For the LORD H3068 is a God H430 of justice; H4941
How blessed H835 are all H3605 those who [fn]long H2442 for Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10 - “They will not hunger H7456 or thirst, H6770
Nor H3808 will the scorching H8273 heat H8273 or sun H8121 strike H5221 them down; H5221
For He who has H7355 compassion H7355 on them will lead H5090 them
And will guide H5095 them to springs H4002 of water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:13 - Shout H7442 for joy, H7442 O heavens! H8064 And rejoice, H1523 O earth! H776
Break H6476 forth H6476 into joyful H7440 shouting, H7440 O mountains! H2022
For the LORD H3068 has comforted H5162 His people H5971
And will have H7355 compassion H7355 on His afflicted. H6041

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:15 - “Can a woman H802 forget H7911 her nursing H5764 child H5764
And have H7355 no H4480 compassion H7355 on the son H1121 of her womb? H990
Even H1571 these H428 may forget, H7911 but I will not forget H7911 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:8 - “In an [fn]outburst H7858 of anger H7110
I hid H5641 My face H6440 from you for a moment, H7281
But with everlasting H5769 lovingkindness H2617 I will have H7355 compassion H7355 on you,”
Says H559 the LORD H3068 your Redeemer. H1350

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:10 - “For the mountains H2022 may be removed H4185 and the hills H1389 may shake, H4131
But My lovingkindness H2617 will not be removed H4185 from you,
And My covenant H1285 of peace H7965 will not be shaken,” H4131
Says H559 the LORD H3068 who has H7355 compassion H7355 on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:7 - Let the wicked H7563 forsake H5800 his way H1870
And the unrighteous H205 man H376 his thoughts; H4284
And let him return H7725 to the LORD, H3068
And He will have H7355 compassion H7355 on him,
And to our God, H430
For He will abundantly H7235 pardon. H5545

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:10 - “Foreigners H1121 will build H1129 up your walls, H2346
And their kings H4428 will minister H8334 to you;
For in My wrath H7110 I struck H5221 you,
And in My favor H7522 I have had H7355 compassion H7355 on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:23 - “They seize H2388 bow H7198 and spear; H3591
They are cruel H394 and have H7355 no H3808 mercy; H7355
Their voice H6963 roars H1993 like the sea, H3220
And they ride H7392 on horses, H5483
Arrayed H6186 as a man H376 for the battle H4421
Against H5921 you, O daughter H1323 of Zion!” H6726

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:15 - “And it will come H1961 about that after H310 I have uprooted H5428 them, I will again H7725 have H7355 compassion H7355 on them; and I will bring H7725 them back, H7725 each H376 one H376 to his inheritance H5159 and each H376 one H376 to his land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - “I will dash H5310 them against H413 each H376 other, H251 both the fathers H1 and the sons H1121 together,” H3162 declares H5002 the LORD. H3068 “I will not show H2550 pity H2550 nor H3808 be sorry H2347 nor H3808 have H7355 compassion H7355 so as not to destroy H7843 them.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - “Then afterwards,” H310 H3651 declares H5002 the LORD, H3068 “I will give H5414 over Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and his servants H5650 and the people, H5971 even those who survive H7604 in this H2088 city H5892 from the pestilence, H1698 the sword H2719 and the famine, H7458 into the hand H3027 of Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon, H894 and into the hand H3027 of their foes H340 and into the hand H3027 of those who seek H1245 their lives; H5315 and he will strike H5221 them down H5221 with the edge H6310 of the sword. H2719 He will not spare H2347 them nor H3808 have H2550 pity H2550 nor H3808 compassion.”’ H7355

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18 - “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068
‘Behold, H2009 I will restore H7725 the [fn]fortunes H7622 of the tents H168 of Jacob H3290
And have H7355 compassion H7355 on his dwelling H4908 places; H4908
And the city H5892 will be rebuilt H1129 on its ruin, H8510
And the palace H759 will stand H3427 on its rightful H4941 place. H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:20 - “Is Ephraim H669 My dear H3357 son? H1121
Is he a delightful H8191 child? H3206
Indeed, H3588 as often H1767 as I have spoken H1696 against him,
I certainly H2142 still remember H2142 him;
Therefore H5921 H3651 My [fn]heart H4578 yearns H1993 for him;
I will surely H7355 have H7355 mercy H7355 on him,” declares H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:26 - then H1571 I would reject H3988 the [fn]descendants H2233 of Jacob H3290 and David H1732 My servant, H5650 [fn]not taking H3947 from his [fn]descendants H2233 rulers H4910 over H413 the [fn]descendants H2233 of Abraham, H85 Isaac H3327 and Jacob. H3290 But I will restore H7725 their [fn]fortunes H7622 and will have H7355 mercy H7355 on them.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:12 - ‘I will also show H5414 you compassion, H7356 so that he will have H7355 compassion H7355 on you and restore H7725 you to your own soil. H127

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42 - “They seize H2388 their bow H7198 and javelin; H3591
They are cruel H394 and have H7355 no H3808 mercy. H7355
Their voice H6963 roars H1993 like the sea; H3220
And they ride H7392 on horses, H5483
Marshalled H6186 like a man H376 for the battle H4421
Against H5921 you, O daughter H1323 of Babylon. H894

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:32 - For if H518 He causes H3013 grief, H3013
Then He will have H7355 compassion H7355
According to His abundant H7230 lovingkindness. H2617

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:25 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “Now H6258 I will [fn]restore H7725 the fortunes H7622 of Jacob H3290 and have H7355 mercy H7355 on the whole H3605 house H1004 of Israel; H3478 and I will be jealous H7065 for My holy H6944 name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:6 - Then she conceived H2029 again H5750 and gave H3205 birth H3205 to a daughter. H1323 And [fn]the LORD said H559 to him, “Name H7121 H8034 her [fn]Lo-ruhamah, H3819 for I will no H3808 longer H3254 H5750 have H7355 compassion H7355 on the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 that I would ever H5375 forgive H5375 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:7 - “But I will have H7355 compassion H7355 on the house H1004 of Judah H3063 and deliver H3467 them by the LORD H3068 their God, H430 and will not deliver H3467 them by bow, H7198 sword, H2719 battle, H4421 horses H5483 or horsemen.” H6571

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:1 - [fn]Say H559 to your brothers, H251 “[fn]Ammi,” H5971 and to your sisters, H269 “[fn]Ruhamah.” H7355

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:4 - “Also, I will have H7355 no H3808 compassion H7355 on her children, H1121
Because H3588 they are children H1121 of harlotry. H2183

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:23 - “I will sow H2232 her for Myself in the land. H776
I will also have H7355 compassion H7355 on [fn]her who had not obtained H7355 compassion, H7355
And I will say H559 to [fn]those who were not My people, H5971
‘You are My people!’ H5971
And [fn]they will say, H559 ‘You are my God!’” H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:3 - “Assyria H804 will not save H3467 us,
We will not ride H7392 on horses; H5483
Nor H3808 will we say H559 again, H5750 ‘Our god,’ H430
To the work H4639 of our hands; H3027
For in You the [fn]orphan H3490 finds H7355 mercy.” H7355

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:19 - He will again H7725 have H7355 compassion H7355 on us;
He will tread H3533 our iniquities H5771 under H3533 foot. H3533
Yes, You will cast H7993 all H3605 [fn]their sins H2403
Into the depths H4688 of the sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:2 - LORD, H3068 I have heard H8085 [fn]the report H8088 about You and [fn]I fear. H3372
O LORD, H3068 revive H2421 Your work H6467 in the midst H7130 of the years, H8141
In the midst H7130 of the years H8141 make H3045 it known; H3045
In wrath H7267 remember H2142 [fn]mercy. H7355

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12 - Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 said, H559 “O LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 how H4970 long H5704 H4970 will You have H7355 no H3808 compassion H7355 for Jerusalem H3389 and the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 with which H834 You have been H2194 indignant H2194 these H2088 seventy H7657 years?” H8141

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:6 - “I will strengthen H1396 the house H1004 of Judah, H3063
And I will save H3467 the house H1004 of Joseph, H3130
And I will [fn]bring H7725 them back, H7725
Because H3588 I have H7355 had H7355 compassion H7355 on them;
And they will be as though H834 I had not rejected H2186 them,
For I am the LORD H3068 their God H430 and I will answer H6030 them.
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