Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7358
רֶחֶם
rechemrekh'-em
womb
26 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7358is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7358
the womb
The King James renders it: matrix, womb.
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
rechem is rendered "womb". It stands 26 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Five of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 20:18for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
Genesis 20:18רֶ֖חֶם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- from womb8
- a womb6
- womb4
- womb her4
- from womb of2
- and womb her1
- in the womb1
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 26, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 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
- מֵרֶ֣חֶם4
- רֶ֖חֶם4
- מֵרָ֑חֶם3
- רַחְמָֽהּ׃3
- רֶ֙חֶם֙2
- בָּרֶ֥חֶם1
- וְרַחְמָ֖הֿ1
- מֵ֭רֶחֶם1
- מֵרֶ֥חֶם1
- מֵרֶ֖חֶם1
- רֶ֜חֶם1
- רֶ֠חֶם1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular10HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular8HR/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular4HNcmsc/Sp3fs
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fs
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
Genesis
three uses
for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
- רֶ֖חֶםrechemnoun · masculine singulartagged: womb
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
- רַחְמָ֑הּrachmahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: womb her
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
- רַחְמָֽהּ׃rachmahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: womb her
Exodus
four uses
“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
- רֶ֙חֶם֙rechemnoun · masculine singulartagged: womb
you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.
- רֶ֖חֶםrechemnoun · masculine singulartagged: a womb
And 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.’
- רֶ֙חֶם֙rechemnoun · masculine singulartagged: a womb
The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.
- רֶ֖חֶםrechemnoun · masculine singulartagged: a womb
Numbers
four uses
“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,
- רֶ֖חֶםrechemnoun · masculine singulartagged: a womb
For 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.
- רֶ֜חֶםrechemnoun · masculine singulartagged: womb
Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
- מֵרֶ֣חֶםmerechempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from womb of
The 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.
- רֶ֠חֶםrechemnoun · masculine singulartagged: a womb
1 Samuel
two uses
But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.
- רַחְמָֽהּ׃rachmahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: womb her
Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.
- רַחְמָֽהּ׃rachmahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: womb her
Job
five uses
Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
- מֵרֶ֣חֶםmerechempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from womb
Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
- מֵ֭רֶחֶםmerechempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from womb
The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
- רֶ֨חֶם׀rechemnoun · masculine singulartagged: womb
Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
- בָּרֶ֥חֶםbarechempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the womb
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
- מֵרֶ֥חֶםmerechempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from womb
Psalms
three uses
From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.
- מֵרָ֑חֶםmerachempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from womb
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- מֵרָ֑חֶםmerachempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from womb
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.
- מֵרֶ֣חֶםmerechempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from womb of
Jeremiah
four uses
“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.”
- מֵרֶ֖חֶםmerechempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from womb
because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.
- מֵרָ֑חֶםmerachempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from womb
- וְרַחְמָ֖הֿverachmahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and womb her
Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?
- מֵרֶ֣חֶםmerechempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from womb
Hosea
one use
Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!
- רֶ֣חֶםrechemnoun · masculine singulartagged: a womb
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.