Strong's Definition
racham rakh'-am From H7355; compassion (in the plural); by extension the womb (as cherishing the foetus); by implication a maiden: - bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb. LXX related word(s) G1656 eleos G3388 metra G3628 oiktirmos G3813 paidion G4698 splagchnon G5485 charis G2436 hileos
Derivation: from H7355 (רָחַם);
KJV Usage: bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.
TWOT Reference: 2146a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רַחַם (ra.cham) — womb. womb Another spelling of re.chem (רֶ֫חֶם "womb" H7358)
רַחֲמִים (ra.cha.mim) — compassion. compassion Aramaic equivalent: re.chem (רַחֲמִין "compassion" H7359)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · רחם
| ≈ בֶּטֶן
womb = part of the lower body of women and mammals where offspring are conceived and in which they grow until their birth; ≈ sometimes extended to refer to a woman, the time of birth, the place where something is produced, and the innermost part of an area
GEN 20:18 · GEN 29:31 · GEN 30:22 · GEN 49:25 · EXO 13:2 · EXO 13:12 · EXO 13:15 · EXO 34:19 · NUM 3:12 · NUM 8:16 · NUM 12:12 · NUM 18:15 · 1SA 1:5 · 1SA 1:6 · JOB 3:11 · JOB 10:18 · JOB 24:20 · JOB 31:15 · JOB 38:8 · PSA 22:11 · PSA 58:4 · PSA 110:3 · PRO 30:16 · ISA 46:3 · JER 1:5 · JER 20:17 · JER 20:17 · JER 20:18 · EZK 20:26 · HOS 9:14
noun m · רחם
Merciful
compassion, mercy = state in which humans feel compassion for others, ◄ caused by affection for that person and/or the lack of well-being of that person; ► this feeling is usually translated into action
GEN 43:14 · GEN 43:30 · DEU 13:18 · 2SA 24:14 · 1KI 3:26 · 1KI 8:50 · 1CH 21:13 · 2CH 30:9 · NEH 1:11 · NEH 9:19 · NEH 9:27 · NEH 9:28 · NEH 9:31 · PSA 25:6 · PSA 40:12 · PSA 51:3 · PSA 69:17 · PSA 77:10 · PSA 79:8 · PSA 103:4 · PSA 106:46 · PSA 119:77 · PSA 119:156 · PSA 145:9 · PRO 12:10 · ISA 47:6 · ISA 54:7 · ISA 63:7 · ISA 63:15 · JER 16:5 · JER 42:12 · LAM 3:22 · DAN 1:9 · DAN 9:9 · DAN 9:18 · HOS 2:21 · AMO 1:11 · ZEC 1:16 · ZEC 7:9
1 2SA 24:14 MT-K רחמו | MT-Q רַחֲמָיו
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רֶ֫חֶם, רַ֫חַם n.m. womb base
רַחֲמִים n.m. abs. pl. intens. compassion base