Quick Definition
be tender
Strong's Definition
to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (be) faint(-hearted), mollify, (be, make) soft(-er), be tender.
TWOT Reference: 2164
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be tender, be soft, be weak
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be tender, be weak (of heart)
1a1a) to be timid, be fearful
1a1b) to be softened, be penitent
1a2) to be soft (of treacherous words)
1b) (Pual) to be softened
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be weak
1d) (Niphal) tender
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to be tender, be soft, be weak
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be tender, be weak (of heart)
1a1a) to be timid, be fearful
1a1b) to be softened, be penitent
1a2) to be soft (of treacherous words)
1b) (Pual) to be softened
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be weak
1d) (Niphal) tender
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רָכַךְ
râkak
BDB Definition:
1) to be tender, be soft, be weak
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be tender, be weak (of heart)
1a1a) to be timid, be fearful
1a1b) to be softened, be penitent
1a2) to be soft (of treacherous words)
1b) (Pual) to be softened
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be weak
1d) (Niphal) tender
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2164
Total KJV Occurrences: 8