Hebrew verb · H7355
רָחַם
rachamraw-kham'
to have compassion
47 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: râcham
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7355is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 39Old Testament books
- 42spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7355
to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
The King James renders it: have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, [idiom] surely.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
racham is rendered "to have compassion". It stands 47 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.
- Twelve of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 33:19“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.”
- The Greek text spells it forty-two different ways.
The first use
“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.”
Exodus 33:19וְרִחַמְתִּ֖י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twelve of the word's forty-seven uses are in Isaiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- 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
- and he had compassion on them1
- and he will have compassion1
- and he will have compassion on1
- and they will have compassion on them1
- as has compassion1
- compassionate1
and 26 more, 47 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 47, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
42 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יְרַחֵ֔מוּ3
- אֲרַחֵ֑ם2
- וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֖י2
- רַחֵ֥ם2
- אֲרַחֵ֖ם1
- אֲרַחֵם֙1
- אֲרַחֵ֔ם1
- אֲרַחֵֽם׃1
- אֶרְחָמְךָ֖1
- אֲֽרַחֲמֶ֖נּוּ1
- וִֽירַחֲמֵ֔הוּ1
- וַֽיְרַחֲמֵם֙1
and 30 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular6HVpi1cs
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular6HVpi3ms
- Hc/Vpq1cs3Hc/Vpq1cs
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural3HVpi3mp
- Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mp2Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mp
- Hc/Vpq3ms2Hc/Vpq3ms
- Hc/Vpq3ms/Sp2ms2Hc/Vpq3ms/Sp2ms
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vpcc
- verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)2HVpcc
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVpi2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2HVpp1cs/Sp2fs
- Hc/Vpq3cp/Sp3mp1Hc/Vpq3cp/Sp3mp
Exodus
two uses
“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.”
- וְרִחַמְתִּ֖יverichamtiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will have compassion on
- אֲרַחֵֽם׃ʾarachemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will have compassion
Deuteronomy
two uses
Nothing 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,
- וְרִֽחַמְךָ֣verichamkhaHc/Vpq3ms/Sp2mstagged: and he will have compassion on you
then 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.
- וְרִחֲמֶ֑ךָverichamekhaHc/Vpq3ms/Sp2mstagged: and he will have compassion on you
1 Kings
one use
May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.
- וְרִֽחֲמֽוּם׃verichamumHc/Vpq3cp/Sp3mptagged: and they will have compassion on them
2 Kings
one use
But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.
- וַֽיְרַחֲמֵם֙vayrachamemHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he had compassion on them
Psalms
five uses
I love You, O LORD, my strength.
- אֶרְחָמְךָ֖ʾerchamekhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I love you
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
- תְּרַחֵ֣םterachemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will have compassion on
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
- כְּרַחֵ֣םkerachempreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: as has compassion
- רִחַ֥םrichamverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has compassion
The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
- מְרַחֵֽם׃merachemverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: compassionate
Proverbs
one use
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- יְרֻחָֽם׃yeruchamverb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be shown mercy
Isaiah
twelve uses
Therefore 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.
- יְרַחֵ֔םyerachemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has compassion on
Their 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.
- יְרַחֵ֔מוּyerachemuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will have compassion on
For 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.
- יְרַחֵ֨םyerachemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will have compassion on
When 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.
- יְרַחֲמֶ֣נּוּyerachamenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will have compassion on it
Therefore 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.
- לְרַֽחֶמְכֶ֑םlerachemkhempreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: to have compassion on you
They 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.
- מְרַחֲמָ֣םmerachamamverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: has compassion on them
Shout 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.
- יְרַחֵֽם׃ סyerachemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has compassion on
“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!
- מֵרַחֵ֖םmerachempreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: from having compassion on
In 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.
- רִֽחַמְתִּ֑יךְrichamtikhverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: I will have compassion on you
Though 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.
- מְרַחֲמֵ֖ךְmerachamekhverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: has compassion on you
Let 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.
- וִֽירַחֲמֵ֔הוּvirachamehuHC/Vpu3ms/Sp3mstagged: so he may have compassion on him
Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.
- רִֽחַמְתִּֽיךְ׃richamtikhverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: I have had compassion on you
Jeremiah
ten uses
They 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.”
- יְרַחֵ֔מוּyerachemuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they have mercy
But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.
- וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֑יםverichamtimHc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will have compassion on them
I 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.’”
- אֲרַחֵ֖םʾarachemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will have compassion
‘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.’
- יְרַחֵֽם׃yerachemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will have compassion
This 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.
- אֲרַחֵ֑םʾarachemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will have compassion
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.
- רַחֵ֥םrachemverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: surely have compassion
- אֲֽרַחֲמֶ֖נּוּʾarachamenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I will have compassion on him
then 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.”
- וְרִחַמְתִּֽים׃ סverichamtimHc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will have compassion on them
And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’
- וְרִחַ֣םverichamHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will have compassion on
They 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.
- יְרַחֵ֔מוּyerachemuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will have mercy
Lamentations
one use
Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
- וְרִחַ֖םverichamHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will have compassion
Ezekiel
one use
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
- וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֖יverichamtiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will have compassion on
Hosea
seven uses
Gomer 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.
- אֲרַחֵם֙ʾarachemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will have compassion on
Yet 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.”
- אֲרַחֵ֔םʾarachemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will have compassion on
“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
- רֻחָֽמָה׃ruchamahverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she is Shown Compassion
I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.
- אֲרַחֵ֑םʾarachemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will have compassion on
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.’”
- וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֖יverichamtiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will have compassion on
- רֻחָ֑מָהruchamahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ruhamah
Assyria 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.”
- יְרֻחַ֥םyeruchamverb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is shown compassion
Micah
one use
He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
- יְרַֽחֲמֵ֔נוּyerachamenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: he will have compassion on us
Habakkuk
one use
O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
- רַחֵ֥םrachemverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have compassion
Zechariah
two uses
Then 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?”
- תְרַחֵ֣םterachemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you have compassion on
I will strengthen the house of Judah and 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.
- רִֽחַמְתִּ֔יםrichamtimverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: I have compassion on them
The letters
Gematria 248· 808 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
