רָחַםrâcham
love, have compassion
Pronunciation: raw-kham' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7355
Meanings
Qal: love, perhaps gloss (Psalms 18:2; 2 Samuel 22:2)
Pi`el: have compassion, compassionate (Psalms 103:13; Deuteronomy 13:18; Isaiah 9:16)
1. usually of God (Exodus 33:19; Deuteronomy 13:18; Deuteronomy 30:3)
2. of man, usually a conqueror (1 Kings 8:50; Jeremiah 42:12; Jeremiah 6:23)
Pu`al: be shewn compassion, compassionated (Hosea 2:3; Hosea 2:25; Hosea 14:4)
Same root
- יְרֹחָםYᵉrôchâm · H3395Jerocham, the name of seven or eight Israelites
- יְרַחְמְאֵלYᵉrachmᵉʼêl · H3396Jerachmeel, the name of three Israelites
- לֹא רֻחָמָהLôʼ Ruchâmâh · H3819Lo-Ruchamah, the symbolic name of a son of Hosea
- רַחוּםrachûwm · H7349compassionate
- רַחַםracham · H7356compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
- רֶחֶםrechem · H7358the womb
- רָחָםrâchâm · H7360a kind of vulture (supposed to be tender towards its young)
- רַחְמָנִיrachmânîy · H7362compassionate
Where it appears
Appears 47 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 33:19 The Lord replied, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, Yahweh, before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.
- Deuteronomy 13:17 Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the Lord will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a large nation, just as he swore to your ancestors.
- Deuteronomy 30:3 then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes. He will have mercy on you and gather you back from all the nations where he has scattered you.
- 1 Kings 8:50 Forgive your people who have sinned against you. Forgive all the offenses they have committed against you. Make their captors merciful to them,
- 2 Kings 13:23 But the Lord was gracious and merciful to the people of Israel, and they were not totally destroyed. He pitied them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day he still has not completely destroyed them or banished them from his presence.
- Psalms 18:1 I love you, Lord; you are my strength.
See every passage
- Exodus 33:19
- Deuteronomy 13:17, 30:3
- 1 Kings 8:50
- 2 Kings 13:23
- Psalms 18:1, 102:13, 103:13, 116:5
- Proverbs 28:13
- Isaiah 9:17, 13:18, 14:1, 27:11, 30:18, 49:10, 49:13, 49:15, 54:8, 54:10, 55:7, 60:10
- Jeremiah 6:23, 12:15, 13:14, 21:7, 30:18, 31:20, 33:26, 42:12, 50:42
- Lamentations 3:32
- Ezekiel 39:25
- Hosea 1:6, 1:7, 2:1, 2:4, 2:23, 14:3
- Micah 7:19
- Habakkuk 3:2
- Zechariah 1:12, 10:6
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).