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רַחַם H7356
H7356 is the Hebrew word רַחַם, transliterated racham and said rakh'-am. The King James Version most often renders it tender mercies.
What it means
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden.
Where it comes from
from H7355 (רָחַם).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 30 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.
Verses using רַחַם
All 36 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 43:14 · KJV
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
Genesis 43:30 · KJV
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
Deuteronomy 13:17 · KJV
And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
Judges 5:30 · KJV
Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
2 Samuel 24:14 · KJV
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
1 Kings 3:26 · KJV
Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
1 Kings 8:50 · KJV
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
1 Chronicles 21:13 · KJV
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
2 Chronicles 30:9 · KJV
For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
Nehemiah 1:11 · KJV
O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
Nehemiah 9:19 · KJV
Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Nehemiah 9:27 · KJV
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
Nehemiah 9:31 · KJV
Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
Psalm 25:6 · KJV
Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
Psalm 40:11 · KJV
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Psalm 51:1 · KJV
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Psalm 77:9 · KJV
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Psalm 79:8 · KJV
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
Psalm 106:46 · KJV
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
Psalm 119:77 · KJV
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
Psalm 119:156 · KJV
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
Psalm 145:9 · KJV
The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
Proverbs 12:10 · KJV
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs 30:16 · KJV
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
Isaiah 47:6 · KJV
I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
Isaiah 54:7 · KJV
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
Isaiah 63:7 · KJV
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Isaiah 63:15 · KJV
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Jeremiah 42:12 · KJV
And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
Lamentations 3:22 · KJV
It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Ezekiel 20:26 · KJV
And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
Daniel 1:9 · KJV
Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
Daniel 9:9 · KJV
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
Amos 1:11 · KJV
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
Zechariah 1:16 · KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
Zechariah 7:9 · KJV
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
Common questions
What does Strong's H7356 mean?
H7356 is the Hebrew word רַחַם (racham), meaning compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden.
How is H7356 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it tender mercies (9 times), mercies (8 times), bowels (2 times), mercy (2 times), womb (2 times), among others.
How many times does H7356 appear in the Bible?
רַחַם (racham) is tagged in 36 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7356 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H7355 (רָחַם).
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