7355. racham

Lexicon

racham: To have compassion, to show mercy, to love deeply

Original Word: רָחַם
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: racham
Pronunciation: rah-KHAM
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kham')
Definition: To have compassion, to show mercy, to love deeply
Meaning: to fondle, to love, to compassionate

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

have compassion on, upon, love, find, have, obtain, show merciful, on,

A primitive root; to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate -- have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, X surely.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
denominative verb from racham
Definition
to love, have compassion
NASB Translation
compassion (1), compassionate (1), find compassion (1), finds mercy (1), had (2), had compassion (2), has compassion (4), have compassion (20), have had compassion (1), have mercy (2), have pity (1), have...compassion (3), have...mercy (2), love (1), mercy (1), obtained compassion (1), Ruhamah (1), show compassion (2), surely have mercy (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[רָחַם] verb denominative love.

Pi`el have compassion; —

Qal Imperfect 1 singular suffix אֶרְחָֽמְךָ Psalm 18:2 I love thee (perhaps gloss; see not in "" 2 Samuel 22:2; Hi Ch SS Gerber read אֲרֹמִמְךָ).

Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular רִחַם Psalm 103:13 +; suffix וְרִחַמְךָ consecutive Deuteronomy 13:18, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יְרַחֵם Isaiah 9:16 +; suffix יְרַחֲמֵהוּ Isaiah 55:7, etc.; Infinitive absolute רַחְֵ Jeremiah 31:20; Habakkuk 3:2; construct רַחֵם Isaiah 49:15; Psalm 103:13; suffix רַחֶמְכֶם Isaiah 30:18; Participle מְרַחֵם Psalm 116:5, etc.; — have compassion, compassionate; —

1 usually of God: with accusative of his people, Exodus 33:19 (twice in verse) (J) Deuteronomy 13:18; Deuteronomy 30:3; 2 Kings 13:23; Isaiah 9:16; Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 30:18; Isaiah 49:10,13; Isaiah 54:8,10; Isaiah 55:7; Isaiah 60:10; Jeremiah 12:15; Jeremiah 30:18; Jeremiah 31:20 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 33:26; Ezekiel 39:25; Hosea 1:6,7; Hosea 2:6; Hosea 2:25; Micah 7:19; Zechariah 1:12; Zechariah 10:6; Psalm 102:14; with עַל Psalm 103:13; absolute Jeremiah 13:14; Habakkuk 3:2; Psalm 116:5; Lamentations 3:32.

2 of man, usually a conqueror: with accusative 1 Kings 8:50; Jeremiah 42:12; absolute Jeremiah 6:23; Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 50:42; elsewhere of children, with accusative Isaiah 13:18; Isaiah 49:15; with עַל Psalm 103:13.

Pu`al Perfect3feminine singular רֻחָ֑מָה Hosea 2:3; Hosea 2:25 (Ges^{§ 152a} N. Kö^{i. 270}); — Imperfect3masculine singular יְרֻחַם Hosea 14:4; יְרֻחָ֑ם Proverbs 28:13; be shewn compassion, compassionated: of orphans Hosea 14:4; children of Israel wife of Yahweh Hosea 2:3; Hosea 2:25 (compare ׳לארֿ Hosea 1:6,8, p. 520); penitent sinner Proverbs 28:13.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G25 (ἀγαπάω, agapaō): To love, often used to describe the selfless, sacrificial love that God has for humanity.
• G1653 (ἐλεέω, eleeō): To have mercy, to show compassion, often used in the New Testament to describe acts of mercy and compassion.
• G3627 (οἰκτιρμός, oiktirmos): Compassion, pity, often used to describe the deep feelings of mercy and compassion that God has for His people.
• G3870 (παρακαλέω, parakaleō): To call to one's side, to comfort, to exhort, often used in the context of offering comfort and encouragement through compassionate support.

Usage: The verb רָחַם (racham) is used in the Hebrew Bible to express deep emotional feelings of love, compassion, and mercy. It often conveys a sense of tender affection and care, akin to the love a parent has for a child. This term is frequently used to describe God's compassionate and merciful nature towards His people.

Context: • רָחַם (racham) is a verb that appears in various forms throughout the Hebrew Scriptures, often in contexts that highlight God's mercy and compassion. It is used to describe the tender, loving care that God extends to His creation, particularly His chosen people, Israel.
• In Exodus 33:19, God declares, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy," illustrating His sovereign choice to extend compassion.
• In Deuteronomy 13:17, the term is used to describe God's promise to show mercy to His people if they obey His commandments: "The LORD your God will turn from His fierce anger and show you mercy."
• The Psalms frequently employ רָחַם to express the psalmist's reliance on God's compassionate nature, as seen in Psalm 103:13: "As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him."
• The prophetic literature also uses this term to convey God's enduring love and mercy, even in the face of Israel's unfaithfulness. For example, in Isaiah 49:15, God reassures His people of His unfailing compassion: "Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!"
• רָחַם is a key term in understanding the character of God as one who is deeply moved by the plight of His people and who acts to alleviate their suffering through His loving-kindness and mercy.

Forms and Transliterations

אֲ‍ֽרַחֲמֶ֖נּוּ אֲרַחֵ֑ם אֲרַחֵ֔ם אֲרַחֵ֖ם אֲרַחֵֽם׃ אֲרַחֵם֙ אֶרְחָמְךָ֖ ארחם ארחם׃ ארחמך א‍רחמנו וְרִֽחֲמֽוּם׃ וְרִֽחַמְךָ֣ וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֑ים וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֖י וְרִחֲמֶ֑ךָ וְרִחַ֖ם וְרִחַ֣ם וְרִחַמְתִּ֖י וְרִחַמְתִּֽים׃ וִֽירַחֲמֵ֔הוּ וַֽיְרַחֲמֵם֙ וירחמהו וירחמם ורחם ורחמום׃ ורחמך ורחמתי ורחמתים ורחמתים׃ יְרַֽחֲמֵ֔נוּ יְרַחֲמֶ֣נּוּ יְרַחֵ֔ם יְרַחֵ֔מוּ יְרַחֵ֨ם יְרַחֵֽם׃ יְרֻחַ֥ם יְרֻחָֽם׃ ירחם ירחם׃ ירחמו ירחמנו כְּרַחֵ֣ם כרחם לְרַֽחֶמְכֶ֑ם לרחמכם מְרַחֲמֵ֖ךְ מְרַחֲמָ֣ם מְרַחֵֽם׃ מֵרַחֵ֖ם מרחם מרחם׃ מרחמך מרחמם רִֽחַמְתִּ֑יךְ רִֽחַמְתִּ֔ים רִֽחַמְתִּֽיךְ׃ רִחַ֥ם רַחֵ֥ם רֻחָ֑מָה רֻחָֽמָה׃ רחם רחמה רחמה׃ רחמתיך רחמתיך׃ רחמתים תְּרַחֵ֣ם תְרַחֵ֣ם תרחם ’ă·ra·ḥêm ’ăra·ḥă·men·nū ’ăraḥămennū ’ăraḥêm ’er·ḥā·mə·ḵā ’erḥāməḵā arachaMennu araChem erchameCha kə·ra·ḥêm keraChem kəraḥêm lə·ra·ḥem·ḵem lerachemChem ləraḥemḵem mə·ra·ḥă·mām mə·ra·ḥă·mêḵ mê·ra·ḥêm mə·ra·ḥêm merachaMam merachaMech meraChem məraḥămām məraḥămêḵ mêraḥêm məraḥêm ra·ḥêm raChem raḥêm ri·ḥam ri·ḥam·tîḵ ri·ḥam·tîm riCham richamTich richamTim riḥam riḥamtîḵ riḥamtîm ru·ḥā·māh ruChamah ruḥāmāh tə·ra·ḥêm ṯə·ra·ḥêm teraChem təraḥêm ṯəraḥêm vayrachaMem veriCham verichamCha verichaMecha verichamTi verichamTim veRichaMum virachaMehu way·ra·ḥă·mêm wayraḥămêm wə·ri·ḥă·me·ḵā wə·ri·ḥă·mūm wə·ri·ḥam wə·ri·ḥam·ḵā wə·ri·ḥam·tî wə·ri·ḥam·tîm wəriḥam wəriḥămeḵā wəriḥamḵā wəriḥamtî wəriḥamtîm wəriḥămūm wî·ra·ḥă·mê·hū wîraḥămêhū yə·ra·ḥă·mê·nū yə·ra·ḥă·men·nū yə·ra·ḥê·mū yə·ra·ḥêm yə·ru·ḥam yə·ru·ḥām yerachaMennu yerachaMenu yeraChem yeraChemu yəraḥămennū yəraḥămênū yəraḥêm yəraḥêmū yeruCham yəruḥam yəruḥām

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 33:19
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָחֹ֔ן וְרִחַמְתִּ֖י אֶת־ אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: I will be gracious, and will show compassion
KJV: to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
INT: to whom will be gracious and will show whom compassion

Exodus 33:19
HEB: אֶת־ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲרַחֵֽם׃
NAS: and will show compassion on whom
KJV: and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
INT: and will show whom compassion

Deuteronomy 13:17
HEB: לְךָ֤ רַחֲמִים֙ וְרִֽחַמְךָ֣ וְהִרְבֶּ֔ךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: mercy to you, and have compassion on you and make you increase,
KJV: thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply
INT: and show mercy and have increase he

Deuteronomy 30:3
HEB: אֶת־ שְׁבוּתְךָ֖ וְרִחֲמֶ֑ךָ וְשָׁ֗ב וְקִבֶּצְךָ֙
NAS: you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and will gather
KJV: thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return
INT: your God captivity and have again and will gather

1 Kings 8:50
HEB: לִפְנֵ֥י שֹׁבֵיהֶ֖ם וְרִֽחֲמֽוּם׃
NAS: them captive, that they may have compassion on them
KJV: them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
INT: before have taken may have

2 Kings 13:23
HEB: יְהוָ֨ה אֹתָ֤ם וַֽיְרַחֲמֵם֙ וַיִּ֣פֶן אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
NAS: was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned
KJV: was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect
INT: the LORD to them and had and turned to

Psalm 18:1
HEB: שָׁאֽוּל׃ וַיֹּאמַ֡ר אֶרְחָמְךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה חִזְקִֽי׃
NAS: For the choir director. A [Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said, I love You, O LORD,
KJV: I will love thee, O LORD,
INT: of Saul said love LORD my strength

Psalm 102:13
HEB: אַתָּ֣ה תָ֭קוּם תְּרַחֵ֣ם צִיּ֑וֹן כִּי־
NAS: You will arise [and] have compassion on Zion;
KJV: Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion:
INT: You will arise have Zion for

Psalm 103:13
HEB: כְּרַחֵ֣ם אָ֭ב עַל־
NAS: Just as a father has compassion
KJV: Like as a father pitieth [his] children,
INT: has A father on

Psalm 103:13
HEB: עַל־ בָּנִ֑ים רִחַ֥ם יְ֝הוָ֗ה עַל־
NAS: has compassion on [his] children,
KJV: [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear
INT: on children compassion the LORD that

Psalm 116:5
HEB: וְצַדִּ֑יק וֵ֖אלֹהֵ֣ינוּ מְרַחֵֽם׃
NAS: Yes, our God is compassionate.
KJV: yea, our God [is] merciful.
INT: and righteous our God is compassionate

Proverbs 28:13
HEB: וּמוֹדֶ֖ה וְעֹזֵ֣ב יְרֻחָֽם׃
NAS: and forsakes [them] will find compassion.
KJV: and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
INT: confesses and forsakes will find

Isaiah 9:17
HEB: אַלְמְנֹתָיו֙ לֹ֣א יְרַחֵ֔ם כִּ֤י כֻלּוֹ֙
NAS: Nor does He have pity on their orphans
KJV: in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless
INT: their widows Nor have For every

Isaiah 13:18
HEB: בֶ֙טֶן֙ לֹ֣א יְרַחֵ֔מוּ עַל־ בָּנִ֖ים
NAS: the young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit
KJV: to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit
INT: of the womb even have and children

Isaiah 14:1
HEB: כִּי֩ יְרַחֵ֨ם יְהוָ֜ה אֶֽת־
NAS: the LORD will have compassion on Jacob
KJV: For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob,
INT: When will have the LORD Jacob

Isaiah 27:11
HEB: כֵּן֙ לֹֽא־ יְרַחֲמֶ֣נּוּ עֹשֵׂ֔הוּ וְיֹצְר֖וֹ
NAS: their Maker will not have compassion on them. And their Creator
KJV: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed
INT: after that will not have their Maker and their Creator

Isaiah 30:18
HEB: וְלָכֵ֥ן יָר֖וּם לְרַֽחֶמְכֶ֑ם כִּֽי־ אֱלֹהֵ֤י
NAS: He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the LORD
KJV: unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD
INT: and therefore high to have is a God

Isaiah 49:10
HEB: וָשָׁ֑מֶשׁ כִּי־ מְרַחֲמָ֣ם יְנַהֲגֵ֔ם וְעַל־
NAS: strike them down; For He who has compassion on them will lead
KJV: smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead
INT: sun for has will lead and

Isaiah 49:13
HEB: עַמּ֔וֹ וַעֲנִיָּ֖ו יְרַחֵֽם׃ ס
NAS: His people And will have compassion on His afflicted.
KJV: his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
INT: his people his afflicted and will have

Isaiah 49:15
HEB: אִשָּׁה֙ עוּלָ֔הּ מֵרַחֵ֖ם בֶּן־ בִּטְנָ֑הּ
NAS: her nursing child And have no
KJV: her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son
INT: A woman her nursing and have the son belly

Isaiah 54:8
HEB: וּבְחֶ֥סֶד עוֹלָ֖ם רִֽחַמְתִּ֑יךְ אָמַ֥ר גֹּאֲלֵ֖ךְ
NAS: lovingkindness I will have compassion on you, Says
KJV: kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith
INT: lovingkindness everlasting will have Says your Redeemer

Isaiah 54:10
HEB: תָמ֔וּט אָמַ֥ר מְרַחֲמֵ֖ךְ יְהוָֽה׃ ס
NAS: the LORD who has compassion on you.
KJV: the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
INT: will not be shaken Says has the LORD

Isaiah 55:7
HEB: אֶל־ יְהוָה֙ וִֽירַחֲמֵ֔הוּ וְאֶל־ אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ
NAS: to the LORD, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God,
KJV: unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God,
INT: about God will have on our God

Isaiah 60:10
HEB: הִכִּיתִ֔יךְ וּבִרְצוֹנִ֖י רִֽחַמְתִּֽיךְ׃
NAS: you, And in My favor I have had compassion on you.
KJV: thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
INT: struck my favor have had

Jeremiah 6:23
HEB: הוּא֙ וְלֹ֣א יְרַחֵ֔מוּ קוֹלָם֙ כַּיָּ֣ם
NAS: They are cruel and have no
KJV: they [are] cruel, and have no mercy; their voice
INT: he no and have their voice the sea

47 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7355
47 Occurrences

’ăra·ḥă·men·nū — 1 Occ.
’ă·ra·ḥêm — 6 Occ.
’er·ḥā·mə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
kə·ra·ḥêm — 1 Occ.
lə·ra·ḥem·ḵem — 1 Occ.
mə·ra·ḥă·mām — 1 Occ.
mə·ra·ḥă·mêḵ — 1 Occ.
mə·ra·ḥêm — 2 Occ.
ra·ḥêm — 2 Occ.
ri·ḥam — 1 Occ.
ri·ḥam·tîḵ — 2 Occ.
ri·ḥam·tîm — 1 Occ.
ru·ḥā·māh — 2 Occ.
tə·ra·ḥêm — 2 Occ.
way·ra·ḥă·mêm — 1 Occ.
wə·ri·ḥam — 2 Occ.
wə·ri·ḥam·ḵā — 1 Occ.
wə·ri·ḥă·me·ḵā — 1 Occ.
wə·ri·ḥam·tî — 3 Occ.
wə·ri·ḥam·tîm — 2 Occ.
wə·ri·ḥă·mūm — 1 Occ.
wî·ra·ḥă·mê·hū — 1 Occ.
yə·ra·ḥă·men·nū — 1 Occ.
yə·ra·ḥă·mê·nū — 1 Occ.
yə·ra·ḥêm — 4 Occ.
yə·ra·ḥê·mū — 3 Occ.
yə·ru·ḥām — 2 Occ.