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Strong's H7355 רָחַם (racham)

Racham means “love” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7355
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 43
Books 14

Strong's H7355 Quick Answer

Strong's H7355 רָחַם (racham) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. racham (raw-kham') v. 1. to fondle 2. (by implication) to love It has 43 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include have, mercy, upon, shew, and compassion. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
racham (raw-kham') v. 1. to fondle 2. (by implication) to love
Usage
43 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
have, mercy, upon, shew, and compassion

Meaning and Definition

racham (raw-kham') v. 1. to fondle 2. (by implication) to love 3. (especially) to compassionate [a primitive root] KJV: have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, X surely.

Original Word
רָחַם
Transliteration
racham
Derivation
Root: רחם
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7355. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to have compassion

Usage: 1) to love, love deeply, have mercy, be compassionate, have tender affection, have compassion 1a) (Qal) to love 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to have compassion, be compassionate 1b1a) of God, man 1c) (Pual) to be shown compassion, be compassionate

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How Strong's H7355 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render racham, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

have Deuteronomy 13:17 33× mercy Isaiah 49:10 upon Jeremiah 50:42 compassion 2 Kings 13:23 love Psalms 18:1 shew Exodus 33:19

How Strong's H7355 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 43 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7355 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7355 in the Old Testament

43 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 33:19 KJV

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

Deuteronomy 13:17 KJV

And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

Deuteronomy 30:3 KJV

That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

Usage Excerpts

First 43 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7355.

Exodus 33:19 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
Deuteronomy 13:17 Old Testament, KJV
And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
Deuteronomy 30:3 Old Testament, KJV
That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
1 Kings 8:50 Old Testament, KJV
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
2 Kings 13:23 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
Psalms 18:1 Old Testament, KJV
I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalms 102:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
Psalms 103:13 Old Testament, KJV
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
Psalms 116:5 Old Testament, KJV
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
Proverbs 28:13 Old Testament, KJV
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Isaiah 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 13:18 Old Testament, KJV
Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.
Isaiah 14:1 Old Testament, KJV
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 cleave to the house of Jacob.
Isaiah 27:11 Old Testament, KJV
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 made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
Isaiah 30:18 Old Testament, KJV
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 judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Isaiah 49:10 Old Testament, KJV
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
Isaiah 49:13 Old Testament, KJV
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Isaiah 49:15 Old Testament, KJV
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Isaiah 54:8 Old Testament, KJV
In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
Isaiah 54:10 Old Testament, KJV
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Isaiah 55:7 Old Testament, KJV
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 will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 60:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
Jeremiah 6:23 Old Testament, KJV
They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
Jeremiah 12:15 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
Jeremiah 13:14 Old Testament, KJV
And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
Jeremiah 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
Jeremiah 30:18 Old Testament, KJV
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 own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
Jeremiah 31:20 Old Testament, KJV
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 will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 33:26 Old Testament, KJV
Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
Jeremiah 42:12 Old Testament, KJV
And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
Jeremiah 50:42 Old Testament, KJV
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Lamentations 3:32 Old Testament, KJV
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
Ezekiel 39:25 Old Testament, KJV
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 holy name;
Hosea 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
Hosea 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
Hosea 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Hosea 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
Hosea 2:23 Old Testament, KJV
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 my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
Hosea 14:3 Old Testament, KJV
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 findeth mercy.
Micah 7:19 Old Testament, KJV
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Habakkuk 3:2 Old Testament, KJV
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 mercy.
Zechariah 1:12 Old Testament, KJV
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
Zechariah 10:6 Old Testament, KJV
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 shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7355, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 12 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 9 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 6 usages, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7355 FAQ

What does racham (רָחַם) mean?

Racham (Strong's H7355) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "love". racham (raw-kham') v. 1. to fondle 2. (by implication) to love

How many times is racham (רָחַם) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 43 linked usages for Strong's H7355 across 14 books.

Where can I study racham (רָחַם) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7355 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate racham (רָחַם)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as have, mercy, upon, shew, compassion, and love. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.