Word Study · Strong's H7355 · Hebrew
רָחַם
racham
raw-kham'
Strong's 1890 spelling: râcham
“to fondle”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
Rendered in the KJV as
have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, [idiom] surely.
- 47occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 14 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 42inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 47 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 42
- יְרַחֵ֔מוּ3
- אֲרַחֵ֑ם2
- וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֖י2
- רַחֵ֥ם2
- אֲרַחֵ֖ם1
- אֲרַחֵם֙1
- אֲרַחֵ֔ם1
- אֲרַחֵֽם׃1
- אֶרְחָמְךָ֖1
- אֲֽרַחֲמֶ֖נּוּ1
- וִֽירַחֲמֵ֔הוּ1
- וַֽיְרַחֲמֵם֙1
and 30 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 38
- and I will have compassion on3
- I will have compassion3
- I will have compassion on3
- and he will have compassion on you2
- and I will have compassion on them2
- he has compassion on2
- [is] compassionate1
- [one who] has compassion on them1
- [one who] has compassion on you1
- and he had compassion on them1
- and he will have compassion1
- and he will have compassion on1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 27
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular6
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular4
- Hc/Vpq1cs3
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural3
- Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mp2
- Hc/Vpq3ms2
- Hc/Vpq3ms/Sp2ms2
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)2
- verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)2
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular2
- verb · intensive passive (pual), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVpi1cs · 6
- HVpi3ms · 4
- Hc/Vpq1cs · 3
- HVpi3mp · 3
- Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mp · 2
- Hc/Vpq3ms · 2
- Hc/Vpq3ms/Sp2ms · 2
- HR/Vpcc · 2
- HVpcc · 2
- HVpi2ms · 2
- HVPi3ms · 2
- HVpp1cs/Sp2fs · 2
All 47, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 33:19וְרִחַמְתִּ֖יverichamtiHc/Vpq1cs“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”here: and I will have compassion on
- Exodus 33:19אֲרַחֵֽם׃ʾarachemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”here: I will have compassion
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 13:17וְרִֽחַמְךָ֣verichamkhaHc/Vpq3ms/Sp2msNothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,here: and he will have compassion on you
- Deuteronomy 30:3וְרִחֲמֶ֑ךָverichamekhaHc/Vpq3ms/Sp2msthen He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.here: and he will have compassion on you
Psalms5 occurrences
- Psalms 18:1אֶרְחָמְךָ֖ʾerchamekhaverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularI love You, O LORD, my strength.here: I love you
- Psalms 102:13תְּרַחֵ֣םterachemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.here: you will have compassion on
- Psalms 103:13כְּרַחֵ֣םkerachempreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.here: as has compassion
- Psalms 103:13רִחַ֥םrichamverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAs a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.here: he has compassion
- Psalms 116:5מְרַחֵֽם׃merachemverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThe LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.here: [is] compassionate
Isaiah12 occurrences
- Isaiah 9:17יְרַחֵ֔םyerachemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularTherefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.here: he has compassion on
- Isaiah 13:18יְרַחֵ֔מוּyerachemuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralTheir bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.here: they will have compassion on
- Isaiah 14:1יְרַחֵ֨םyerachemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularFor the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.here: he will have compassion on
- Isaiah 27:11יְרַחֲמֶ֣נּוּyerachamenuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhen its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.here: he will have compassion on it
- Isaiah 30:18לְרַֽחֶמְכֶ֑םlerachemkhempreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralTherefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.here: to have compassion on you
- Isaiah 49:10מְרַחֲמָ֣םmerachamamverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.here: [one who] has compassion on them
- Isaiah 49:13יְרַחֵֽם׃ סyerachemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularShout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.here: he has compassion on
- Isaiah 49:15מֵרַחֵ֖םmerachempreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)“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!here: from having compassion on
- Isaiah 54:8רִֽחַמְתִּ֑יךְrichamtikhverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularIn a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.here: I will have compassion on you
- Isaiah 54:10מְרַחֲמֵ֖ךְmerachamekhverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThough the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.here: [one who] has compassion on you
- Isaiah 55:7וִֽירַחֲמֵ֔הוּvirachamehuHC/Vpu3ms/Sp3msLet the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.here: so he may have compassion on him
- Isaiah 60:10רִֽחַמְתִּֽיךְ׃richamtikhverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularForeigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.here: I have had compassion on you
Jeremiah10 occurrences
- Jeremiah 6:23יְרַחֵ֔מוּyerachemuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThey grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”here: they have mercy
- Jeremiah 12:15וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֑יםverichamtimHc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mpBut after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.here: and I will have compassion on them
- Jeremiah 13:14אֲרַחֵ֖םʾarachemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularI will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”here: I will have compassion
- Jeremiah 21:7יְרַחֵֽם׃yerachemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’here: he will have compassion
- Jeremiah 30:18אֲרַחֵ֑םʾarachemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularThis is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.here: I will have compassion
- Jeremiah 31:20רַחֵ֥םrachemverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.here: surely have compassion
- Jeremiah 31:20אֲֽרַחֲמֶ֖נּוּʾarachamenuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularIs not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.here: I will have compassion on him
- Jeremiah 33:26וְרִחַמְתִּֽים׃ סverichamtimHc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mpthen I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”here: and I will have compassion on them
- Jeremiah 42:12וְרִחַ֣םverichamHc/Vpq3msAnd I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’here: and he will have compassion on
- Jeremiah 50:42יְרַחֵ֔מוּyerachemuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThey grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.here: they will have mercy
Lamentations1 occurrence
Hosea7 occurrences
- Hosea 1:6אֲרַחֵם֙ʾarachemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularGomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.here: I will have compassion on
- Hosea 1:7אֲרַחֵ֔םʾarachemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularYet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”here: I will have compassion on
- Hosea 2:1רֻחָֽמָה׃ruchamahverb · intensive passive (pual), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’here: she is Shown Compassion
- Hosea 2:4אֲרַחֵ֑םʾarachemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularI will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.here: I will have compassion on
- Hosea 2:23וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֖יverichamtiHc/Vpq1csAnd I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”here: and I will have compassion on
- Hosea 2:23רֻחָ֑מָהruchamahproper noun (a name)And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”here: Ruhamah
- Hosea 14:3יְרֻחַ֥םyeruchamverb · intensive passive (pual), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularAssyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”here: he is shown compassion
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 1:12תְרַחֵ֣םterachemverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularThen the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”here: will you have compassion on
- Zechariah 10:6רִֽחַמְתִּ֔יםrichamtimverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralI will strengthen the house of Judahand save the house of Joseph.I will restore them because I have compassion on them,and they will be as though I had not rejected them.For I am the LORD their God,and I will answer them.here: I have compassion on them