רַחוּםrachûwm
compassionate, always of God (Deuteronomy 4:31; Exodus 34:6; Psalms 86:15; Psalms 103:8; 2 Chronicles 30:9)
Pronunciation: rakh-oom' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7349
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 13 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 34:6 The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out, “Yahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
- Deuteronomy 4:31 For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.
- 2 Chronicles 30:9 “For if you return to the Lord, your relatives and your children will be treated mercifully by their captors, and they will be able to return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful. If you return to him, he will not continue to turn his face from you.”
- Nehemiah 9:17 They refused to obey and did not remember the miracles you had done for them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love. You did not abandon them,
- Nehemiah 9:31 But in your great mercy, you did not destroy them completely or abandon them forever. What a gracious and merciful God you are!
- Psalms 78:38 Yet he was merciful and forgave their sins and did not destroy them all. Many times he held back his anger and did not unleash his fury!
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).