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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
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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 20 times in 14 verses in 'Num' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, H7523 that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer H7523 may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer H7523 die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16 - And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: H7523 the murderer H7523 shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: H7523 the murderer H7523 shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: H7523 the murderer H7523 shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: H7523 when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: H7523 the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, H7523 when he meeteth him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - And the congregation shall deliver the slayer H7523 out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - But if the slayer H7523 shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill H7523 the slayer; H7523 he shall not be guilty of blood:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer H7523 shall return into the land of his possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 - Whoso killeth any person, the murderer H7523 shall be put to death H7523 by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, H7523 which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
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