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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - 'Thou dost not murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - 'And the cities which ye give to the Levites are the six cities of refuge, which ye give for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, and besides them ye give forty and two cities;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - and have prepared to yourselves cities -- cities of refuge they are to you -- then fled thither hath a man-slayer, smiting a person unawares,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - and the cities have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer, and the man-slayer doth not die till his standing before the company for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16 - 'And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he is a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - 'And if with a stone in the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he is a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - 'Or with a wooden instrument in the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he is a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - 'The redeemer of blood himself doth put the murderer to death; in his coming against him he doth put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or in enmity he hath smitten him with his hand, and he dieth; the smiter is certainly put to death; he is a murderer; the redeemer of blood doth put the murderer to death in his coming against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - 'And the company have delivered the man-slayer out of the hand of the redeemer of blood, and the company have caused him to turn back unto the city of his refuge, whither he hath fled, and he hath dwelt in it till the death of the chief priest, who hath been anointed with the holy oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - 'And if the man-slayer at all go out from the border of the city of his refuge whither he fleeth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the redeemer of blood hath found him at the outside of the border of the city of his refuge, and the redeemer of blood hath slain the man-slayer, blood is not for him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - for in the city of his refuge he doth dwell till the death of the chief priest; and after the death of the chief priest doth the man-slayer turn back unto the city of his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 - whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth one slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person -- to die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - 'And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who is condemned -- to die, for he is certainly put to death;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto one of these cities, and he hath lived:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:17 - 'Thou dost not murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3 - Thou dost prepare for thee the way, and hast divided into three parts the border of thy land which Jehovah thy God doth cause thee to inherit, and it hath been for the fleeing thither of every man-slayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 - 'And this is the matter of the man-slayer who fleeth thither, and hath lived: He who smiteth his neighbour unknowingly, and is not hating him heretofore,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - lest the redeemer of blood pursue after the man-slayer when his heart is hot, and hath overtaken him (because the way is great), and hath smitten him -- the life, and he hath no sentence of death, for he is not hating him heretofore;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 - and to the damsel thou dost not do anything, the damsel hath no deadly sin; for as a man riseth against his neighbour and hath murdered him -- the life, so is this thing;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently, without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - 'And when the redeemer of blood doth pursue after him, then they do not shut up the man-slayer into his hand, for without knowledge he hath smitten his neighbour, and is not hating him hitherto;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6 - and he hath dwelt in that city till his standing before the company for judgment, till the death of the chief priest who is in those days -- then doth the man-slayer turn back and hath come unto his city, and unto his house, unto the city whence he fled.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 - And to the sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Hebron and its suburbs, and Libnah and its suburbs,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - and they give to them the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Shechem and its suburbs, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - And for the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Beeshterah and its suburbs -- two cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs -- three cities;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - And out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - And the man, the Levite, husband of the woman who hath been murdered, answereth and saith, 'Into Gibeah (which is to Benjamin) I have come, I and my concubine, to lodge;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Hast thou murdered, and also possessed? and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, do the dogs lick thy blood, even thine.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - And Elisha is sitting in his house, and the elders are sitting with him, and the king sendeth a man from before him; before the messenger doth come unto him, even he himself said unto the elders, 'Have ye seen that this son of the murderer hath sent to turn aside my head? see, at the coming in of the messenger, shut the door, and ye have held him fast at the door, is not the sound of the feet of his lord behind him?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:3 - Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:6 - Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The slothful hath said, 'A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it with judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it -- now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery -- have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:9 - And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder -- the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.
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