רָחַם racham

Hebrew word for “to have compassion” · Strong’s H7355 · used 47 times in 43 verses

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Meaning

1) to love, love deeply, have mercy, be compassionate, have tender affection, have compassion;

How it is translated

Glosses given for racham in context, with how often each is used:

• will have compassion on 19
• will have compassion 5
• has compassion 2
• has compassion on 2
• have compassion on 2
• one who has compassion on 2
• shown compassion 2
• had compassion on 1
• love 1
• compassionate 1
• will be shown mercy 1
• having compassion on 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Isaiah 49 (3), Hosea 2 (3), Isaiah 54 (2), Hosea 1 (2), Exodus 33 (1), Deuteronomy 13 (1), Deuteronomy 30 (1), 1 Kings 8 (1), 2 Kings 13 (1), Psalms 18 (1)

Forms

• ארחם 6
• ירחם 6
• ורחמתי 3
• רחם 3
• ירחמו 3
• ורחמך 2
• תרחם 2
• מרחם 2
• ירחמנו 2
• רחמתיך 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with racham more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 11
• חָנַן chanan “be gracious” 5
• שְׁבִית shevut “captivity” 4
• קֶשֶׁת qeshet “bow” 4
• יַעֲקֹב yaaqov “Jacob” 5
• כֵּן ken “so” 6
• סוּס sus “horse” 4
• חוּס chus “to pity” 3
• הָמָה hamah “to roar” 3
• עוֹד od “still” 5
• רַחֲמִים rachamim “compassion” 3
• רָכַב rakhav “to ride” 3

Key verses

The verses using racham that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Proverbs 28:13 — He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
• Isaiah 14:1 — For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall…
• Isaiah 27:11 — When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that…
• Isaiah 30:18 — And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of…
• Isaiah 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he…
• Jeremiah 30:18 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her…
• Jeremiah 31:20 — Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I…
• Ezekiel 39:25 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my…
• Hosea 2:23 — And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art…
• Hosea 14:3 — Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless…
• Habakkuk 3:2 — O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember…
• Zechariah 10:6 — And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.