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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 BoxExo 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:13 - (LXX 20:15) [fn] Thou shalt not kill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - And ye shall give the cities to the Levites, the six cities of refuge which ye shall give for the slayer to flee thither, and in addition to these, forty-two cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - And ye shall appoint to yourselves cities: they shall be to you cities of refuge for the slayer to flee to, every one who has [fn]killed another unintentionally.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - And the cities shall be to you places of refuge from [fn]the avenger of blood, and the slayer shall not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16 - And if he should smite him with an iron instrument, and the man should die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - And if he should smite him with a stone thrown from his hand, whereby a man may die, and he thus die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - And if he should smite him with an instrument of wood from his hand, whereby he may die, and he thus die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: whensoever he shall meet him he shall slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or if he have smitten him with his hand through anger, and the man should die, let the man that smote him be put to death by all means, he is a murderer: let the murderer by all means be put to death: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer when he meets him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - And the congregation shall rescue the slayer from the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he fled for refuge; and he shall dwell there till the death of the high-priest, whom they anointed with the holy oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - But if the slayer should in any wise go out beyond the bounds of the city whither he fled for refuge,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the avenger of blood should find him without the bounds of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood should kill the slayer, he is not guilty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - For [fn]he ought to have remained in the city of refuge till the high-priest died; and after the death of the high-priest the slayer shall return to the land of his possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 - Whoever [fn]kills a man, thou shalt slay the murderer [fn]on the testimony of witnesses; and one witness shall not testify against a soul that he should die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - And ye shall not accept ransoms for life from a murderer who is worthy of death, for he shall be surely put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - that the slayer might flee thither, who should have slain his neighbour unintentionally, and should not have hated him [fn]in times past, and he shall flee to one of these cities and live:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:17 - Thou shalt not commit murder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3 - Take a survey of thy way, and thou shalt divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God apportions to thee, into three parts, and there shall be there a refuge for every manslayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 - And this shall be the ordinance of the manslayer, who shall flee thither, and shall live, whosoever shall have smitten his neighbour ignorantly, whereas he hated him not [fn]in times past.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - Lest the avenger of blood pursue after the slayer, because his heart is hot, and overtake him, if the way be too long, and [fn]slay him, though there is to this man no sentence of death, because he hated him not in time past.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 - And the damsel has not committed a sin worthy of death; as if a man should rise up against his neighbour, and slay [fn]him, so is this thing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - Even a refuge to the slayer who has smitten a [fn]man unintentionally; and the cities shall be to you a refuge, and the slayer shall not be put to death by the avenger of blood, until he have stood before the congregation for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 - And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Chebron, and the [fn]suburbs belonging to it; and Lemna and the suburbs belonging to it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - out of the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave them the slayer's city of refuge, Sychem, and its suburbs, and Gazara and its appendages, and its suburbs;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - And Joshua gave to the sons of Gedson the Levites out of the other half tribe of Manasse cities set apart for the slayers, Gaulon in the country of Basan, and its suburbs; and Bosora and its suburbs; two cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - And of the tribe of Nephthali, the city set apart for the slayer, Cades in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Nemmath, and its suburbs; and Themmon and its suburbs; three cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - And out of the tribe of Gad the city of refuge for the slayer, both Ramoth in Galaad, and its suburbs; Camin and its suburbs;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I and my concubine went to Gabaa of Benjamin to lodge.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - (LXX 20:19) And thou shalt speak to him, saying, [fn]Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast slain and taken possession, therefore thus saith the Lord, In every place where the swine and the dogs have licked the blood of Nabuthai, there shall the dogs lick thy blood; and the harlots shall wash themselves in thy blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - And Elisaie was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and the king sent a man before him: before the messenger came to him, he also said to the elders, Do ye see that this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? See, as soon as the messenger shall have come, shut the door, and forcibly detain him at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:3 - (LXX 61:4) How long will ye assault a man? ye are all slaughtering as with a bowed wall and a broken hedge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 - (LXX 93:6) They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The sluggard makes excuses, and says, There is a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How has the faithful city Sion, once full of judgment, become a harlot! wherein righteousness lodged, but now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - and ye murder, and commit adultery, and steal, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and are gone after strange gods whom ye know not,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - Cursing, and lying, and murder, and theft, and adultery abound in the land, and they mingle blood with blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:9 - And thy strength is that of a robber: the priests have hid the way, they have murdered the people of Sicima; for they have wrought iniquity in the house of Israel.
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