Hebrew verb · H7401
רָכַךְ
rakakraw-kak'
be tender
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: râkak
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7401is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7401
to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively
The King James renders it: (be) faint(-hearted), mollify, (be, make) soft(-er), be tender.
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
rakak is rendered "be tender". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Two of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 20:3saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
Deuteronomy 20:3יֵרַ֣ךְ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's eight 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
- it was soft2
- be timid1
- he has made faint1
- it be weak1
- it has been softened1
- it should be weak1
- they were soft1
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.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- רַךְ־2
- הֵרַ֣ךְ1
- יֵרַ֣ךְ1
- יֵרַ֔ךְ1
- יֵרַ֤ךְ1
- רַכּ֖וּ1
- רֻכְּכָ֖ה1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqj3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqp3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVhp3ms
- verb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVPp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVqp3cp
Deuteronomy
one use
saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
- יֵרַ֣ךְyerakhverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: be timid
2 Kings
one use
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
- רַךְ־rakh-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was soft
2 Chronicles
one use
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
- רַךְ־rakh-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was soft
Job
one use
God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
- הֵרַ֣ךְherakhverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has made faint
Psalms
one use
His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
- רַכּ֖וּrakuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were soft
Isaiah
two uses
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
- רֻכְּכָ֖הrukekhahverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has been softened
and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
- יֵרַ֔ךְyerakhverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it be weak
Jeremiah
one use
Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year—and then another the next year—of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
- יֵרַ֤ךְyerakhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it should be weak
The letters
Gematria 240· 720 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 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.