Hebrew verb · H7543
רָקַח
raqachraw-kakh'
to mix
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: râqach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7543is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7543
to perfume
The King James renders it: apothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice.
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
raqach is rendered "to mix". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Four of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 30:25Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.
Exodus 30:25רֹקֵ֑חַ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's eight uses are in Exodus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a perfumer4
- mixed2
- and mix1
- he will mix1
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 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
- רוֹקֵ֑חַ2
- וְהַרְקַח֙1
- יִרְקַ֣ח1
- מְרֻקָּחִ֖ים1
- רֹקֵ֑חַ1
- רֹקֵֽחַ׃ פ1
- רֹקְחֵ֥י1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular4HVqrmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Vhv2ms
- verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine plural1HVPsmpa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HVqrmpc
Exodus
four uses
Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.
- רֹקֵ֑חַrokeachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a perfumer
Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”
- יִרְקַ֣חyirkachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will mix
and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
- רוֹקֵ֑חַrokeachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a perfumer
He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.
- רֹקֵֽחַ׃ פrokeachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a perfumer
1 Chronicles
one use
And some of the sons of the priests mixed the spices.
- רֹקְחֵ֥יrokecheiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: mixed
2 Chronicles
one use
And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.
- מְרֻקָּחִ֖יםmerukachimverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: mixed
Ecclesiastes
one use
As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
- רוֹקֵ֑חַrokeachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a perfumer
Ezekiel
one use
Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.
- וְהַרְקַח֙veharkachconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and mix
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.