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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #7401 - רָכַךְ

Transliteration

râkak

Phonetics

raw-kak'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

2164

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to be tender, be soft, be weak
1. (Qal)
  1. to be tender, be weak (of heart)
    1. to be timid, be fearful
    2. to be softened, be penitent
  2. to be soft (of treacherous words)
2. (Pual) to be softened
3. (Hiphil) to cause to be weak
4. (Niphal) tender

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 770 ‑ ἀσθενέω (as‑then‑eh'‑o); 1590 ‑ ἐκλύω (ek‑loo'‑o); 1788 ‑ ἐντρέπω (en‑trep'‑o); 2007 ‑ ἐπιτίθημι (ep‑ee‑tith'‑ay‑mee);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (8)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

BSB (7)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

CSB (4)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

ESV (8)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

KJV (8)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

LEB (8)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

LSB (9)

Deuteronomy 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

N95 (6)

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

NAS (7)

Deuteronomy 2

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (8)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

ASV (8)

faint 3

neither mollified 1

not, neither let thy heart be faint 1

was tender 2

were softer 1

BSB (7)

are softer 1

be fainthearted 1

faint 1

grow faint 1

or soothed 1

was tender 2

CSB (4)

are softer 1

soothed 1

tender 2

ESV (8)

faint 4

penitent 1

softened 1

softer 1

tender 1

KJV (8)

faint 2

fainthearted 1

mollified 1

soft 1

softer 1

tender 2

LEB (8)

be faint 1

has made 1

lose heart⌋ 1

softened 1

was responsive 1

were smoother 1

you are not fainthearted⌋ 1

you have a responsive heart 1

LSB (9)

faint 4

grow 1

soft 2

softened 1

softer 1

N95 (6)

faint 2

grow 1

softened 1

tender 2

NAS (7)

faint 2

grow 1

softened 1

softer 1

tender 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (8)

faint 3

neither let your heart be faint 1

neither soothed 1

was tender 2

were softer 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1448) k r (רכ RK) AC: ? CO: Loins AB: ?: The pictograph r is a picture of the head of a man, the k is a picture of the palm representing a covering. Combined these mean "man covered". The reproductive organs of the male including the lower abdomen which are always covered.

A) k r (רכ RK) AC: ? CO: Tender AB: ?: The tenderness of the loins.

N^m) k r (רכ RK) - Tender: KJV (16): tender, soft, weak - Strongs: H7390 (רַךְ)

B) k k r (רככ RKK) AC: ? CO: Tender AB: ?: The tenderness of the loins.

V) k k r (רככ RKK) - Soft: To be soft. KJV (8): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Pual) tender, faint, mollified, soft - Strongs: H7401 (רָכַךְ)

C) k r a (ארכ ARK) AC: ? CO: Long AB: ?: From the male reproductive organ.

V) k r a (ארכ ARK) - Prolong: To lengthen or delay. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (35): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) prolong, long, lengthen, draw out, defer, tarry - Strongs: H748 (אָרַךְ), H749 (אַרִיךְ)

N^m) k r a (ארכ ARK) - Slow: To be long in patience or time. KJV (15): slow, longsuffering, patient - Strongs: H750 (אָרֵךְ)

N^f1) e k r a (ארכה ARKH) - Lengthening: [Aramaic only] KJV (1): lengthening - Strongs: H754 (אַרְכָה)

c^m) k f r a (ארוכ ARWK) - Long: KJV (3): long, longer - Strongs: H752 (אָרֹךְ)

d^f1) e k f r a (ארוכה ARWKH) - Repair: A reconstruction or healing that causes longer life. KJV (6): health, perfected, made - Strongs: H724 (אֲרֻכָה)

g^m) k r f a (אורכ AWRK) - Length: KJV (95): length, long, ever, high - Strongs: H753 (אֹרֶךְ)

J) k f r (רוכ RWK) AC: ? CO: Tender AB: ?: The tenderness of the loins.

N^m) k f r (רוכ RWK) - Tender: KJV (1): tender - Strongs: H7391 (רֹךְ)

L) k r i (ירכ YRK) AC: ? CO: Loins AB: ?

N^f ) k r i (ירכ YRK) - Loins: KJV (34): thigh, side, shaft, loins, body - Strongs: H3409 (יָרֵךְ)

N^f1) e k r i (ירכה YRKH) - Loins: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (29): thigh - Strongs: H3410 (יַרְכָה), H3411 (יְרֵכָה)

a^m) k r f m (מורכ MWRK) - Faint: From a blow to the loins. KJV (1): faintness - Strongs: H4816 (מֹרֶךְ)

Adopted Roots:

A2759 B h r (Widen, Street, Width)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[רָכַךְ] verb be tender, weak, soft (Arabic

Aramaic רְכַךְ (in derived species and derivatives),

, id.); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular רַךְ 2 Kings 22:19; 2 Chronicles 34:27; 3 plural רַכּוּ Psalm 55:22; Imperfect יֵרַךְ (Ges^{§ 67p}) Isaiah 7:4 +; —

1 be tender, weak, of heart :

a. be timid, fearful, "" יַרֵא, Isaiah 7:4; Jeremiah 51:46; Deuteronomy 20:3.

b. be softened, penitent, "" כָּנַע Niph`al, 2 Kings 22:19 2 Chronicles 34:27.

2 be soft, of treacherous words Psalm 55:22 (with מִן compare; "" II. חָלַק).

Pu`al Perfect 3 feminine singular רֻכְּכָה Isaiah 1:6 it has not been softened, mollified, with oil (of wound, מַכָּךְ).

Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי Job 23:16 (Ges^{§ 67v}), causative of Qal 1 a.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

רָכַךְ to be tender, soft (Arab. ركََّ, kindred to the root רָקַק No. I); figuratively

(a) to be delicate, Deuteronomy 28:56.

(b) to be weakened, contrite in mind, 2 Kings 22:19 see Niph.; used of soft words, Psalms 55:22.

Niphal, fut. יֵרַךְ to be weakened (broken), of the mind or heart (לֵב) to become timid, Deuteronomy 20:3; Isaiah 7:4; Jeremiah 51:46. See רַךְ No. 5.

Pual, to be softened (a wound with ointment), Isaiah 1:6.

Hiphil, with לְב to break any one’s heart, Job 23:16.

Derivatives, רַךְ, רֹךְ, מֹרֶךְ.

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List of Word Forms

הֵרַ֣ךְ הרך יֵרַ֔ךְ יֵרַ֣ךְ יֵרַ֤ךְ ירך רַךְ־ רַכּ֖וּ רֻכְּכָ֖ה רך־ רכו רככה hê·raḵ heRach hêraḵ rach raḵ- rak·kū rakKu rakkū ruk·kə·ḵāh rukkeChah rukkəḵāh yê·raḵ yeRach yêraḵ