Word Study · Strong's H7358 · Hebrew
רֶחֶם
rechem
rekh'-em
“the womb”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the womb
Rendered in the KJV as
matrix, womb.
- 26occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 15inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 26 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 15
- מֵרֶ֣חֶם4
- רֶ֖חֶם4
- מֵרָ֑חֶם3
- רַחְמָֽהּ׃3
- רֶ֙חֶם֙2
- בָּרֶ֥חֶם1
- וְרַחְמָ֖הֿ1
- מֵ֭רֶחֶם1
- מֵרֶ֥חֶם1
- מֵרֶ֖חֶם1
- רֶ֜חֶם1
- רֶ֠חֶם1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 8
- from [the] womb8
- a womb6
- womb her4
- womb3
- from [the] womb of2
- [the] womb1
- and womb her1
- in the womb1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · masculine singular10
- preposition + noun · masculine singular8
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular4
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 10
- HR/Ncmsa · 8
- HNcmsc/Sp3fs · 4
- HR/Ncmsc · 2
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
All 26, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 20:18רֶ֖חֶםrechemnoun · masculine singularfor on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.here: womb
- Genesis 29:31רַחְמָ֑הּrachmahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularWhen the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.here: womb her
- Genesis 30:22רַחְמָֽהּ׃rachmahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThen God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,here: womb her
Exodus4 occurrences
- Exodus 13:2רֶ֙חֶם֙rechemnoun · masculine singular“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”here: womb
- Exodus 13:12רֶ֖חֶםrechemnoun · masculine singularyou are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.here: a womb
- Exodus 13:15רֶ֙חֶם֙rechemnoun · masculine singularAnd when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’here: a womb
- Exodus 34:19רֶ֖חֶםrechemnoun · masculine singularThe first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.here: a womb
Numbers4 occurrences
- Numbers 3:12רֶ֖חֶםrechemnoun · masculine singular“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,here: a womb
- Numbers 8:16רֶ֜חֶםrechemnoun · masculine singularFor the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.here: womb
- Numbers 12:12מֵרֶ֣חֶםmerechempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”here: from [the] womb of
- Numbers 18:15רֶ֠חֶםrechemnoun · masculine singularThe firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.here: a womb
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 1:5רַחְמָֽהּ׃rachmahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularBut to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.here: womb her
- 1 Samuel 1:6רַחְמָֽהּ׃rachmahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularBecause the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.here: womb her
Job5 occurrences
- Job 3:11מֵרֶ֣חֶםmerechempreposition + noun · masculine singularWhy did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?here: from [the] womb
- Job 10:18מֵ֭רֶחֶםmerechempreposition + noun · masculine singularWhy then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!here: from [the] womb
- Job 24:20רֶ֨חֶם׀rechemnoun · masculine singularThe womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.here: [the] womb
- Job 31:15בָּרֶ֥חֶםbarechempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularDid not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?here: in the womb
- Job 38:8מֵרֶ֥חֶםmerechempreposition + noun · masculine singularWho enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,here: from [the] womb
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 22:10מֵרָ֑חֶםmerachempreposition + noun · masculine singularFrom birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.here: from [the] womb
- Psalms 58:3מֵרָ֑חֶםmerachempreposition + noun · masculine singularThe wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.here: from [the] womb
- Psalms 110:3מֵרֶ֣חֶםmerechempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.here: from [the] womb of
Jeremiah4 occurrences
- Jeremiah 1:5מֵרֶ֖חֶםmerechempreposition + noun · masculine singular“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”here: from [the] womb
- Jeremiah 20:17מֵרָ֑חֶםmerachempreposition + noun · masculine singularbecause he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.here: from [the] womb
- Jeremiah 20:17וְרַחְמָ֖הֿverachmahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularbecause he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.here: and womb her
- Jeremiah 20:18מֵרֶ֣חֶםmerechempreposition + noun · masculine singularWhy did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?here: from [the] womb