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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 H7523.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - “And the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer H7523 to flee to; and in addition to 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 select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge, that the manslayer H7523 who has struck down any person unintentionally may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - ‘And the cities shall be for you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer H7523 will 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 down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer H7523; the murderer H7523 shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - ‘And if he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which he would die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer H7523; the murderer H7523 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 wooden object in the hand, by which he would die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer H7523; the murderer H7523 shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - ‘The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer H7523 to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or if he struck him down with his hand in enmity, and as a result he died, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer H7523; the blood avenger shall put the murderer H7523 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 H7523 from the hand of the blood avenger, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he fled; and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest 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 H7523 at any time goes beyond the border of his city of refuge to which he may flee,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the blood avenger finds him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the blood avenger kills H7523 the manslayer H7523, he will 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 high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer H7523 shall return to the land of his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 -

‘If anyone strikes down a person, the murderer H7523 shall be put H7523 to H7523 death H7523 at the mouth of witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - ‘Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer H7523 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 a manslayer H7523 might flee there, who slew H7523 his neighbor [fn]without premeditation, [fn]not hating him previously; so he shall flee to one of these cities that he might live:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:17 -

‘You shall not murder H7523.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3 - “You shall prepare the [fn]roads for yourself, and divide into three parts the territory of your land which Yahweh your God will give you to inherit, [fn]so that any manslayer H7523 may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 -

“Now this is the case of the manslayer H7523 who may flee there and live: when he strikes down his friend [fn]without premeditation, [fn]not hating him previously—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer H7523 when his heart is [fn]angry, and overtake him, because the way is long, and [fn]strike down his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 - “But you shall do nothing to the girl; there is no sin in the girl worthy of death, for just as a man rises against his neighbor and murders H7523 him, so is this case.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - that the manslayer H7523 who strikes down any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become for you as a refuge from the avenger of blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - ‘Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not surrender the manslayer H7523 into his hand because he struck his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6 - ‘And he shall live in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the manslayer H7523 shall return and come to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 -

Thus to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer H7523, with its pasture lands, Libnah also with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - And they gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer H7523, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 -

Now to the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge for the manslayer H7523, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the manslayer H7523, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the manslayer H7523, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - So the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered H7523, answered and said, “I came with my concubine to spend the night at Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - “And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Have you murdered H7523 and also taken possession?”’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, even yours.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:32

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Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man from his presence; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer H7523 has sent to take away my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and [fn]hold the door shut against him. Is not 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 H7523 arises at dawn;

He kills the afflicted and the needy,

And at night he is as a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:3 -

How long will you assail a man,

That you may murder H7523 him, all of you,

Like a leaning wall, like a fence thrust down?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 -

They slay the widow and the sojourner

And murder H7523 the orphans.

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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 H7523 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 harlot,

She who was full of justice!

Righteousness once lodged in her,

But now murderers H7523.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - “Will you steal, murder H7523, and commit adultery and swear while lying, and burn incense to Baal 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 swearing of oaths, deception, murder H7523, stealing, and adultery.

They break forth in violence so that bloodshed [fn]follows bloodshed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:9 -

And as raiders wait for a man,

So a band of priests murder H7523 on the way to Shechem;

Surely they have committed lewdness.

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