רָצַח ratsach
Hebrew word for “to murder” · Strong’s H7523 · used 47 times in 40 verses
Meaning
1) to murder, slay, kill;
How it is translated
Glosses given for ratsach in context, with how often each is used:
- killer 30
- will kill 3
- must murder 2
- murderer 2
- murder 2
- someone will kill 1
- murdered 1
- ¿ have you murdered 1
- will be murdered 1
- will be killed 1
- murderers 1
- will you murder? 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | 20 | 1.2 | |
| Joshua | 8 | 0.8 | |
| Deuteronomy | 7 | 0.5 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Hosea | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 1 more book.
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 35 (14), Joshua 21 (5), Deuteronomy 19 (3), Joshua 20 (3), Exodus 20 (1), Deuteronomy 4 (1), Deuteronomy 5 (1), Deuteronomy 22 (1), Judges 20 (1), 1 Kings 21 (1)
Forms
- הרצח 20
- רצח 8
- רוצח 3
- תֿרצח 2
- ורצח 2
- ירצח 2
- ירצחו 2
- ורצחו 1
- הרוצח 1
- הנרצחה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ratsach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מִקְלָט miqlat “refuge” 13
- נוּס nus “to flee” 9
- עִיר ir “city” 14
- גָּאַל gaal “to redeem” 8
- דָּם dam “blood” 9
- נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 10
- שָׁם sham “there” 9
- מִגְרָשׁ migrash “pasture” 5
- מוּת mut “to die” 8
- תְּמוֹל temol “yesterday” 4
- שִׁלְשֹׁם shilshom “three days ago” 4
- מָוֶת mavet “death” 5
Key verses
The verses using ratsach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 20:13 — Thou shalt not kill.
- Numbers 35:6 — And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee…
- Numbers 35:25 — And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge,…
- Numbers 35:30 — Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to…
- Numbers 35:31 — Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
- 1 Kings 21:19 — And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the…
- 2 Kings 6:32 — But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders,…
- Psalms 62:3 — How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
- Isaiah 1:21 — How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
- Jeremiah 7:9 — Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
- Hosea 4:2 — By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
- Hosea 6:9 — And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
See all 40 verses in the Word Atlas
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.