7356. racham

Strong's Lexicon

racham: Mercy, compassion, tender love

Original Word: רַחַם
Part of Speech: noun masculine; feminine; noun masculine; absolute plural intensive
Transliteration: racham
Pronunciation: rah-kham'
Phonetic Spelling: (rakh'-am)
Definition: Mercy, compassion, tender love
Meaning: compassion, the womb, a maiden

Word Origin: Derived from the root רָחַם (racham), which means "to love," "to have compassion," or "to show mercy."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G1656 (ἔλεος, eleos): Often translated as "mercy" or "compassion" in the New Testament.

- G3628 (οἰκτιρμός, oiktirmos): Refers to compassion or pity, similar to "racham."

Usage: The Hebrew word "racham" primarily denotes a deep, tender compassion or mercy, often akin to the love a parent has for a child. It is used to describe God's compassionate nature and His merciful actions towards humanity. In the Old Testament, "racham" is frequently associated with God's covenantal love and His willingness to forgive and restore His people.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the concept of mercy was deeply intertwined with familial relationships and community life. The term "racham" is related to the Hebrew word for "womb" (רֶחֶם, rechem), suggesting a nurturing, protective, and life-giving love. This imagery reflects the intimate and caring nature of God's relationship with His people, as well as the expectation that His followers would exhibit similar compassion towards others.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as rechem
Definition
compassion
NASB Translation
compassion (30), compassions (1), deeply (1), deeply* (1), mercies (4), mercy (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

רֶ֫חֶם, רַ֫הַם noun masculine^{Hosea 9:14} womb (feminine Jeremiah 20:17, unless הֲרַת a noun, compare Albr^{ZAW xvi.81} SS); — absolute ׳ר Genesis 20:18 +, רַ֫חַם Judges 5:30, רָ֑חֶם Jeremiah 20:17 +, רָ֑חַם Genesis 49:25 +; construct רֶ֫חֶם Numbers 12:12; Job 3:11; suffix רַחְמָהּ Genesis 29:31 +, רַחְמָהֿ Jeremiah 20:17 (Ges^{§ 91e}; >f. absolute Kö^{ii. 1. 159}); dual רַחֲמָתַיִם Judges 5:30; —

1 womb, Genesis 49:25 (J) Jeremiah 20:17; Job 24:20; מֵרחם i.e. from birth Jeremiah 20:17; Psalm 22:11; Psalm 58:4; Job 3:11 (מִנִּי), Isaiah 46:3, figurative Psalm 110:3; בָּרֶחֶם Job 31:15; ׳יצא מֵר go forth from womb in birth Jeremiah 1:5; Jeremiah 20:18; Job 38:8, compare Job 10:18; אֵם ׳מֵר Numbers 12:12 (E); ׳פתח ר open the womb, in order to childbirth Genesis 29:31; Genesis 30:22 (JE); כָּלמֶּֿטֶר רחם all that first opens womb (of men and animals) Exodus 13:12,15; Exodus 34:19 (J) Numbers 18:15 (P) Ezekiel 20:26; ׳פטר ר Numbers 3:12 (P), ׳מִּטְרַת כל ר Numbers 8:16; ׳פטר כל ר Exodus 13:2 (P); on the other hand, מַשִׁכִּיל ׳ר Hosea 9:14 miscarrying womb; ׳עֹצֶר ר Proverbs 30:16 restraint (i.e. barrenness) of womb (so Psalm 107:36 Perles^{Anal. 85}); ׳עָצַר בְּעַד ר (of God) Genesis 20:18 (E); סָגַר ׳ר (בְּעַד) 1 Samuel 1:5,6, preventing childbirth.

2 womb-man, woman-slave: רַחַם רַחֲמָתַיִם Judges 5:30 a woman, two women.

רַחֲמִים noun masculine^{2Samuel 24:14}

absolute plural intensive compassion (according to many denominative from רֶחֶם, originally brotherhood, brotherly feeling, of those born from same womb, see Nö^{ZMG xl (1886), 151} (yet see 152) We^{GGN 1893, 475} Gerber¹²⁶, or motherly feeling Kö^{ii. 1, 34}); — absolute ׳ר Genesis 43:14 +; construct רַחֲמֵי Proverbs 12:10; suffix רַחֲמָיו Lamentations 3:22 (Baer Gi; van d. H. Qr, Kt רחמו), 2 Samuel 24:14 Qr (> Kt רחמו), etc.; —

1 compassion: usually of God Isaiah 63:7,15; Psalm 77:10; Psalm 79:8; Psalm 119:77; Zechariah 1:16; Daniel 9:9; Nehemiah 9:28; with רבים 2 Samuel 24:14 = 1 Chronicles 21:13; Nehemiah 9:19,27,31; Psalm 119:156; Daniel 9:18; גדולים Isaiah 54:7; "" חסד Psalm 40:12; Psalm 103:4; Hosea 2:21; Jeremiah 16:5; חסדים Psalm 25:6; כרֹב רחמיךָ Psalm 51:3; Psalm 69:17; with על of thing Psalm 145:9; ל ׳נתן ר Deuteronomy 13:18; Jeremiah 42:12; ׳לא כלו ר Lamentations 3:22.

2 of man, Amos 1:11; Proverbs 12:10; ׳עשׂה ר Zechariah 7:9; לִפְנֵי ׳ר ׳נָתַן לפ Genesis 43:14 (R); נתן לִפְנֵי ׳לר ׳פ 1 Kings 8:50; Nehemiah 1:11; Daniel 1:9; Psalm 106:46, compare 2Chronicles 30:9; ל ׳שׂם ר Isaiah 47:6; אל ׳נִכְמְרוּ ר Genesis 43:30 (J), with על 2 Kings 3:26.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

tender love, great, tender mercy, pity, womb

From racham; compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden -- bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.

see HEBREW racham

Forms and Transliterations

בְּֽרַחֲמִ֔ים בְּרַחֲמֶ֣יךָ ברחמיך ברחמים הָֽרַחֲמִֽים׃ הָרַחֲמִ֖ים הרחמים הרחמים׃ וְ֝רַחֲמָ֗יו וְֽרַחֲמֵ֥י וְֽרַחֲמֶ֖יךָ וְרַֽחֲמִ֔ים וְרַחֲמִֽים׃ וָרָֽחַם׃ וּֽבְרַחֲמִֽים׃ וּֽבְרַחֲמֶ֧יךָ וּֽכְרַחֲמֶ֣יךָ וּֽלְרַחֲמִ֑ים וּבְרַחֲמִ֥ים וברחמיך וברחמים וברחמים׃ וכרחמיך ולרחמים ורחם׃ ורחמי ורחמיו ורחמיך ורחמים ורחמים׃ כְּֽרַחֲמֶ֖יךָ כְּֽרַחֲמָ֖יו כרחמיו כרחמיך לְרַחֲמִ֑ים לְרַחֲמִ֔ים לְרַחֲמִ֛ים לְרַחֲמִים֙ לרחמים רַ֝חֲמֶ֗יךָ רַ֤חַם רַֽחֲמָ֔יו רַחֲמִ֔ים רַחֲמִ֖ים רַחֲמִים֙ רַחֲמֶ֑יךָ רַחֲמֶ֖יךָ רַחֲמֶ֣יךָ רַחֲמֶ֥יךָ רַחֲמֶיהָ֮ רַחֲמָ֔יו רַחֲמָ֥יו רַחֲמָֽיו׃ רַחֲמָיו֙ רָ֑חַם רָ֥חַם רָֽחַם׃ רחם רחם׃ רחמיה רחמיו רחמיו׃ רחמיך רחמים bə·ra·ḥă·me·ḵā bə·ra·ḥă·mîm berachaMeicha berachaMim bəraḥămeḵā bəraḥămîm hā·ra·ḥă·mîm HarachaMim hāraḥămîm kə·ra·ḥă·māw kə·ra·ḥă·me·ḵā kerachaMav kerachaMeicha kəraḥămāw kəraḥămeḵā lə·ra·ḥă·mîm lerachaMim ləraḥămîm ra·ḥă·māw ra·ḥă·me·hā ra·ḥă·me·ḵā ra·ḥă·mîm ra·ḥam rā·ḥam Racham rachaMav rachaMeicha rachameiHa rachaMim raḥam rāḥam raḥămāw raḥămehā raḥămeḵā raḥămîm ū·ḇə·ra·ḥă·me·ḵā ū·ḇə·ra·ḥă·mîm ū·ḵə·ra·ḥă·me·ḵā ū·lə·ra·ḥă·mîm ūḇəraḥămeḵā ūḇəraḥămîm ucherachaMeicha ūḵəraḥămeḵā ulerachaMim ūləraḥămîm uverachaMeicha uverachaMim vaRacham verachaMav verachaMei verachaMeicha verachaMim wā·rā·ḥam wārāḥam wə·ra·ḥă·māw wə·ra·ḥă·mê wə·ra·ḥă·me·ḵā wə·ra·ḥă·mîm wəraḥămāw wəraḥămê wəraḥămeḵā wəraḥămîm

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 43:14
HEB: יִתֵּ֨ן לָכֶ֤ם רַחֲמִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הָאִ֔ישׁ
NAS: grant you compassion in the sight
KJV: give you mercy before
INT: Almighty grant compassion the sight of the man

Genesis 43:30
HEB: כִּֽי־ נִכְמְר֤וּ רַחֲמָיו֙ אֶל־ אָחִ֔יו
NAS: hurried [out] for he was deeply stirred
KJV: made haste; for his bowels did yearn
INT: for stirred was deeply over his brother

Genesis 49:25
HEB: בִּרְכֹ֥ת שָׁדַ֖יִם וָרָֽחַם׃
KJV: of the breasts, and of the womb:
INT: Blessings of the breasts the womb

Deuteronomy 13:17
HEB: וְנָֽתַן־ לְךָ֤ רַחֲמִים֙ וְרִֽחַמְךָ֣ וְהִרְבֶּ֔ךָ
NAS: and show mercy to you, and have compassion
KJV: and shew thee mercy, and have compassion
INT: anger and show mercy and have increase

Judges 5:30
HEB: יְחַלְּק֣וּ שָׁלָ֗ל רַ֤חַם רַחֲמָתַ֙יִם֙ לְרֹ֣אשׁ
KJV: man a damsel [or] two;
INT: dividing A spoil A damsel two every

2 Samuel 24:14
HEB: [רַחֲמֹו כ] (רַֽחֲמָ֔יו ק) וּבְיַד־
NAS: of the LORD for His mercies are great,
KJV: of the LORD; for his mercies [are] great:
INT: for are great tender love the hand of man

1 Kings 3:26
HEB: כִּֽי־ נִכְמְר֣וּ רַחֲמֶיהָ֮ עַל־ בְּנָהּ֒
NAS: to the king, for she was deeply stirred
KJV: [was] unto the king, for her bowels yearned
INT: for stirred her bowels over her son

1 Kings 8:50
HEB: בָ֑ךְ וּנְתַתָּ֧ם לְרַחֲמִ֛ים לִפְנֵ֥י שֹׁבֵיהֶ֖ם
NAS: against You, and make them [objects of] compassion before
KJV: against thee, and give them compassion before
INT: have transgressed and make compassion before have taken

1 Chronicles 21:13
HEB: כִּֽי־ רַבִּ֤ים רַחֲמָיו֙ מְאֹ֔ד וּבְיַד־
NAS: of the LORD, for His mercies are very
KJV: great [are] his mercies: but let me not fall
INT: for great his mercies are very the hand

2 Chronicles 30:9
HEB: אֲחֵיכֶ֨ם וּבְנֵיכֶ֤ם לְרַחֲמִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י שֽׁוֹבֵיהֶ֔ם
NAS: and your sons [will find] compassion before
KJV: and your children [shall find] compassion before
INT: your brothers and your sons compassion before led

Nehemiah 1:11
HEB: הַיּ֔וֹם וּתְנֵ֣הוּ לְרַחֲמִ֔ים לִפְנֵ֖י הָאִ֣ישׁ
NAS: and grant him compassion before
KJV: and grant him mercy in the sight
INT: today and grant compassion before man

Nehemiah 9:19
HEB: וְאַתָּה֙ בְּרַחֲמֶ֣יךָ הָֽרַבִּ֔ים לֹ֥א
NAS: You, in Your great compassion, Did not forsake
KJV: Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest
INT: you compassion your great Nor

Nehemiah 9:27
HEB: מִשָּׁמַ֣יִם תִּשְׁמָ֔ע וּֽכְרַחֲמֶ֣יךָ הָֽרַבִּ֗ים תִּתֵּ֤ן
NAS: and according to Your great compassion You gave
KJV: and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest
INT: heaven heard compassion to your great gave

Nehemiah 9:28
HEB: תִּשְׁמַ֛ע וְתַצִּילֵ֥ם כְּֽרַחֲמֶ֖יךָ רַבּ֥וֹת עִתִּֽים׃
NAS: You rescued them according to Your compassion,
KJV: didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
INT: heard rescued to your compassion and many times

Nehemiah 9:31
HEB: וּֽבְרַחֲמֶ֧יךָ הָרַבִּ֛ים לֹֽא־
NAS: Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make
KJV: Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst
INT: compassion your great did not

Psalm 25:6
HEB: זְכֹר־ רַחֲמֶ֣יךָ יְ֭הוָה וַחֲסָדֶ֑יךָ
NAS: O LORD, Your compassion and Your lovingkindnesses,
KJV: O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses;
INT: Remember your compassion LORD and your lovingkindnesses

Psalm 40:11
HEB: לֹא־ תִכְלָ֣א רַחֲמֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּ֑נִּי חַסְדְּךָ֥
NAS: will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness
KJV: Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD:
INT: will not withhold your compassion at your lovingkindness

Psalm 51:1
HEB: כְּחַסְדֶּ֑ךָ כְּרֹ֥ב רַ֝חֲמֶ֗יךָ מְחֵ֣ה פְשָׁעָֽי׃
NAS: According to the greatness of Your compassion blot
KJV: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out
INT: to your lovingkindness to the greatness of your compassion blot my transgressions

Psalm 69:16
HEB: חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ כְּרֹ֥ב רַ֝חֲמֶ֗יךָ פְּנֵ֣ה אֵלָֽי׃
NAS: According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn
KJV: unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
INT: your lovingkindness to the greatness of your compassion turn and do

Psalm 77:9
HEB: קָפַ֥ץ בְּ֝אַ֗ף רַחֲמָ֥יו סֶֽלָה׃
NAS: withdrawn His compassion? Selah.
KJV: shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
INT: withdrawn anger tender love Selah

Psalm 79:8
HEB: מַ֭הֵר יְקַדְּמ֣וּנוּ רַחֲמֶ֑יךָ כִּ֖י דַלּ֣וֹנוּ
NAS: of [our] forefathers against us; Let Your compassion come
KJV: iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily
INT: quickly come your compassion for are brought

Psalm 103:4
HEB: הַֽ֝מְעַטְּרֵ֗כִי חֶ֣סֶד וְרַחֲמִֽים׃
NAS: you with lovingkindness and compassion;
KJV: thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
INT: crowns lovingkindness and compassion

Psalm 106:46
HEB: וַיִּתֵּ֣ן אוֹתָ֣ם לְרַחֲמִ֑ים לִ֝פְנֵ֛י כָּל־
NAS: He also made them [objects] of compassion In the presence
KJV: He made them also to be pitied of
INT: made compassion the presence of all

Psalm 119:77
HEB: יְבֹא֣וּנִי רַחֲמֶ֣יךָ וְאֶֽחְיֶ֑ה כִּי־
NAS: May Your compassion come
KJV: Let thy tender mercies come
INT: come may your compassion may live For

Psalm 119:156
HEB: רַחֲמֶ֖יךָ רַבִּ֥ים ׀ יְהוָ֑ה
NAS: Great are Your mercies, O LORD; Revive
KJV: Great [are] thy tender mercies, O LORD:
INT: are your mercies Great God

44 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7356
44 Occurrences

bə·ra·ḥă·me·ḵā — 1 Occ.
bə·ra·ḥă·mîm — 1 Occ.
hā·ra·ḥă·mîm — 2 Occ.
kə·ra·ḥă·māw — 1 Occ.
kə·ra·ḥă·me·ḵā — 1 Occ.
lə·ra·ḥă·mîm — 4 Occ.
ra·ḥam — 4 Occ.
ra·ḥă·māw — 6 Occ.
ra·ḥă·me·ḵā — 8 Occ.
ra·ḥă·me·hā — 1 Occ.
ra·ḥă·mîm — 4 Occ.
ū·ḵə·ra·ḥă·me·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·ra·ḥă·mîm — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ra·ḥă·me·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ra·ḥă·mîm — 2 Occ.
wā·rā·ḥam — 1 Occ.
wə·ra·ḥă·māw — 1 Occ.
wə·ra·ḥă·mê — 1 Occ.
wə·ra·ḥă·me·ḵā — 1 Occ.
wə·ra·ḥă·mîm — 2 Occ.