STRONGS NUMBER H7356


Word Summary
racham: compassion
Original Word: רַחַם
Transliteration: racham
Phonetic Spelling: (rakh'-am)
Part of Speech: noun masculine; feminine; noun masculine; absolute plural intensive
Short Definition: compassion
Meaning: compassion, the womb, a maiden
Strong's Concordance
tender love, great, tender mercy, pity, womb

From racham; compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden -- bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.

see HEBREW racham

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7356. racham

רַ֫הַם רֶ֫חֶם,noun masculineHosea 9:14 womb (feminine Jeremiah 20:17, unless הֲרַת‎ a noun, compare AlbrZAW xvi.81 SS); — absolute ׳רGenesis 20:18 +, רַ֫חַםJudges 5:30, רָ֑חֶםJeremiah 20:17 +, רָ֑חַםGenesis 49:25 +; construct רֶ֫חֶםNumbers 12:12; Job 3:11; suffix רַחְמָהּGenesis 29:31 +, רַחְמָהֿJeremiah 20:17 (Ges§ 91e; >f. absolute Köii. 1. 159); dual רַחֲמָתַיִםJudges 5:30; —

1 womb, Genesis 49:25 (J) Jeremiah 20:17; Job 24:20; מֵרחם‎ i.e. from birth Jeremiah 20:17; Psalm 22:11; 58:4; Job 3:11 (מִנִּי‎), Isaiah 46:3, figurative Psalm 110:3; בָּרֶחֶםJob 31:15; מֵר ׳יצאgo forth from womb in birth Jeremiah 1:5; 20:18; Job 38:8, compare 10:18; ׳מֵר אֵםNumbers 12:12 (E); ר ׳פתחopen the womb, in order to childbirth Genesis 29:31; 30:22 (JE); רחם כָּלמֶּֿטֶרall that first opens womb (of men and animals) Exodus 13:12, 15; 34:19 (J) Numbers 18:15 (P) Ezekiel 20:26; ר ׳פטרNumbers 3:12 (P), ר כל ׳מִּטְרַת8:16; ר כל ׳פטרExodus 13:2 (P); on the other hand, ׳ר מַשִׁכִּילHosea 9:14 miscarrying womb; ר ׳עֹצֶרProverbs 30:16 restraint (i.e. barrenness) of womb (so Psalm 107:36 PerlesAnal. 85); ר בְּעַד ׳עָצַר‎ (of God) Genesis 20:18 (E); ׳ר סָגַר‎ (בְּעַד‎) 1 Samuel 1:5-6, preventing childbirth.

2 womb-man, woman-slave: רַחֲמָתַיִם רַחַםJudges 5:30 a woman, two women.

רַחֲמִיםnoun masculine2 Samuel 24:14

absolute plural intensive compassion (according to many denominative from רֶחֶם‎, originally brotherhood, brotherly feeling, of those born from same womb, see NöZMG xl (1886), 151 (yet see 152) WeGGN 1893, 475 Gerber126, or motherly feelingii. 1, 34); — absolute ׳רGenesis 43:14 +; construct רַחֲמֵיProverbs 12:10; suffix רַחֲמָיוLamentations 3:22 (Baer Gi; van d. H. Qr, Kt רחמו‎), 2 Samuel 24:14 Qr (> Kt רחמו‎), etc.; —

1 compassion: usually of God Isaiah 63:7, 15; Psalm 77:10; 79:8; 119:77; Zechariah 1:16; Daniel 9:9; Nehemiah 9:28; with רבים2 Samuel 24:14 = 1 Chronicles 21:13; Nehemiah 9:19, 27, 31; Psalm 119:156; Daniel 9:18; גדוליםIsaiah 54:7; "" חסדPsalm 40:12; 103:4; Hosea 2:21; Jeremiah 16:5; חסדיםPsalm 25:6; רחמיךָ כרֹב51:3; 69:17; with על‎ of thing 145:9; ר ׳נתן לDeuteronomy 13:18; Jeremiah 42:12; ר כלו ׳לאLamentations 3:22.

2 of man, Amos 1:11; Proverbs 12:10; ר ׳עשׂהZechariah 7:9; לפ ׳נָתַן ׳ר לִפְנֵיGenesis 43:14 (R); ׳פ ׳לר לִפְנֵי נתן1 Kings 8:50; Nehemiah 1:11; Daniel 1:9; Psalm 106:46, compare 2 Chronicles 30:9; ר ׳שׂם לIsaiah 47:6; ר ׳נִכְמְרוּ אלGenesis 43:30 (J), with על2 Kings 3:26.