רֶחֶם rechem

Hebrew word for “womb” · Strong’s H7358 · used 26 times in 25 verses

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Meaning

1) womb; 1a) womb; 1b) womb-man, woman-slave, woman, two women

How it is translated

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

• womb 26

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 13 (3), 1 Samuel 1 (2), Jeremiah 20 (2), Genesis 20 (1), Genesis 29 (1), Genesis 30 (1), Exodus 34 (1), Numbers 3 (1), Numbers 8 (1), Numbers 12 (1)

Forms

• רחם 10
• מרחם 10
• רחמה 4
• ברחם 1
• ורחמהֿ 1

Words used with it

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

• פֶּטֶר peter “firstborn” 7
• בֶּטֶן beten “belly” 5
• בְּכוֹר bekhor “firstborn” 5
• בְּהֵמָה behemah “animal” 4
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 6
• נִי ni “me” 5
• מָה mah “what?” 4
• אֵם em “mother” 3
• זָכַר zakhar “to remember” 3
• גָּוַע gava “to die” 2
• רָחֵל rachel “Rachel” 2
• פָּדָה padah “to ransom” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 29:31 — And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
• Genesis 30:22 — And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
• Exodus 13:2 — Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
• Exodus 13:12 — That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD’s.
• Numbers 3:12 — And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel:…
• Numbers 18:15 — Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of…
• Job 31:15 — Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
• Job 38:8 — Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
• Psalms 58:3 — The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
• Psalms 110:3 — Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
• Jeremiah 1:5 — Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
• Jeremiah 20:18 — Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

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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.