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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #7523 - רָצַח

Transliteration

râtsach

Phonetics

raw-tsakh'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

2208

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to murder, slay, kill

1a) (Qal) to murder, slay

1a1) premeditated

1a2) accidental

1a3) as avenger

1a4) slayer (intentional) (participle)

1b) (Niphal) to be slain

1c) (Piel)

1c1) to murder, assassinate

1c2) murderer, assassin (participle) (substantive)

1d) (Pual) to be killed

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5408 ‑ φόνος (fon'‑os); 5407 ‑ φονεύω (fon‑yoo'‑o);

Frequency Lists

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BSB (47)

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Verse Results

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2790) h y r (רתסהה RTsHh) AC: Murder CO: Wound AB: ?: An unjustifiable killing or slaughter. [from: yr- dashed into pieces]

V) h y r (רתסהה RTsHh) - Murder: KJV (47): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pual, Piel, Participle) slayer, murderer, kill, murder, slain, manslayer, killing, death - Strongs: H7523 (רָצַח)

N^m) h y r (רתסהה RTsHh) - Wound: A deadly wound. KJV (2): sword, slaughter - Strongs: H7524 (רֶצַח)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

רָצַח

(1) to break, or dash in pieces. (Arab. رضح and رضخ.) See Piel No. 1, and the noun רֵצַח.

(2) to kill, with an acc. Numbers 35:6, seqq.; more fully רָצַח פּ׳ נֶפֶשׁ Deuteronomy 22:26, compare הִכָּה פ׳ נֶפֶשׁ under the word הִכָּה No. 2, c.

Niphal, pass. of Kal No. 2, Judges 20:4.

Piel

(1) to dash in pieces, Psalms 62:4.

(2) i.q. Kal No. 2, but iteratively (like קַטֵּל), to kill many, to act the homicide, 2 Kings 6:32; Isaiah 1:21; Hosea 6:9.

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List of Word Forms

אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ׃ ארצח׃ הֲרָצַ֖חְתָּ הַֽמְרַצֵּ֤חַ הַנִּרְצָחָ֖ה הָ֣רֹצֵ֔חַ הָֽרֹצֵ֗חַ הָרֹצֵ֑חַ הָרֹצֵ֔חַ הָרֹצֵ֖חַ הָרֹצֵ֗חַ הָרֹצֵ֛חַ הָרֹצֵֽחַ׃ הָרוֹצֵ֗חַ המרצח הנרצחה הרוצח הרצח הרצח׃ הרצחת וְרָצַ֞ח וְרָצֹ֥חַ וּרְצָח֣וֹ ורצח ורצחו יְרַצְּחוּ־ יְרַצֵּֽחוּ׃ יִרְצַ֖ח יִרְצַ֤ח ירצח ירצחו־ ירצחו׃ מְרַצְּחִֽים׃ מרצחים׃ רָצֹ֙חַ֙ רֹצֵ֔חַ רֹצֵ֣חַֽ רֹצֵֽחַ׃ רוֹצֵ֔חַ רוֹצֵ֗חַ רוצח רצח רצח׃ תְּרָצְּח֪וּ תִּֿרְצָֽ֖ח׃ תִּֿרְצָֽח׃ תרצח׃ תרצחו ’ê·rā·ṣê·aḥ ’êrāṣêaḥ EraTzeach hă·rā·ṣaḥ·tā hā·rō·ṣê·aḥ hā·rō·w·ṣê·aḥ ham·raṣ·ṣê·aḥ hamraṣṣêaḥ hamratzTzeach han·nir·ṣā·ḥāh hannirṣāḥāh hannirtzaChah hărāṣaḥtā haraTzachta hārōṣêaḥ haroTzeach hārōwṣêaḥ mə·raṣ·ṣə·ḥîm məraṣṣəḥîm meratztzeChim rā·ṣō·aḥ rāṣōaḥ raTzoach rō·ṣê·aḥ rō·w·ṣê·aḥ rōṣêaḥ roTzeach rōwṣêaḥ tə·rāṣ·ṣə·ḥū tərāṣṣəḥū teratztzeChu trə·ṣāḥ trəṣāḥ treTzach ū·rə·ṣā·ḥōw ūrəṣāḥōw uretzaCho veraTzach veraTzoach wə·rā·ṣaḥ wə·rā·ṣō·aḥ wərāṣaḥ wərāṣōaḥ yə·raṣ·ṣê·ḥū yə·raṣ·ṣə·ḥū- yəraṣṣêḥū yəraṣṣəḥū- yeratzTzechu yir·ṣaḥ yirṣaḥ yirTzach

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