H7401 רכך - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon Number


רכך
râkak
raw-kak'
A primitive root; to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively

KJV Usage: (be) faint ([-hearted]), mollify, (be, make) soft (-er), be tender.


Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions

BDB7928

רכך

1. to be tender, be soft, be weak
a. (Qal)
1. to be tender, be weak (of heart) 1a
b. to be timid, be fearful 1a
c. to be softened, be penitent
1. to be soft (of treacherous words)
d. (Pual) to be softened
e. (Hiphil) to cause to be weak
f. (Niphal) tender
Origin: a primitive root
TWOT: 2164
Parts of Speech: Verb

TBESH:
רָכַךְ
ra.khakh
H:V
be tender
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

View how H7401 רכך is used in the Bible

8 occurrences of H7401 רכך

Deuteronomy 20:3 faint,
2 Kings 22:19 was tender,
2 Chronicles 34:27 was tender,
Job 23:16 soft,
Psalms 55:21 were softer
Isaiah 1:6 neither mollified
Isaiah 7:4 not, neither be fainthearted
Jeremiah 51:46 should faint,

Distinct usage

2 was tender,
1 faint,
1 soft,
1 were softer
1 neither mollified
1 should faint,
1 not, neither be fainthearted

Corresponding Greek Words

rakhakh G770 astheneo
rakhakh G1590 ek luo
rakhakh G1788 en trepo
rakhakh pu. G2007 epi tithemi


Related words

H7401

H4816 מרך môrek
מרך
môrek
mo'-rek
Perhaps from H7401; softness, that is, (figuratively) fear

KJV Usage: faintness.


H7390 רך rak
רך
rak
rak
From H7401; tender (literally or figuratively); by implication weak

KJV Usage: faint [-hearted], soft, tender ([-hearted], one), weak.


H7391 רך rôk
רך
rôk
roke
From H7401; softness (figuratively)

KJV Usage: tenderness.


H7397 רכה rêkâh
רכה
rêkâh
ray-kaw'
Probably feminine from H7401; softness; Rekah, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage: Rechah.