Lexicon :: Strong's H7523 - rāṣaḥ

רָצַח

Transliteration

rāṣaḥ

Pronunciation

raw-tsakh'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2208

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

רָצַח râtsach, raw-tsakh'; a primitive root; properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder:—put to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's H7523 in the following manner: slayer (16x), murderer (14x), kill (5x), murder (3x), slain (3x), manslayer (2x), killing (1x), slayer (with H310) (1x), slayeth (1x), death (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to murder, slay, kill
1. (Qal) to murder, slay
  1. premeditated
  2. accidental
  3. as avenger
  4. slayer (intentional) (participle)
2. (Niphal) to be slain
3. (Piel)
  1. to murder, assassinate
  2. murderer, assassin (participle)(subst)
4. (Pual) to be killed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

רָצַח râtsach, raw-tsakh'; a primitive root; properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder:—put to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H7523: Abbreviations

† רָצַח verb murder, slay (Late Hebrew (rare, also in derivatives) = Biblical Hebrew; compare Arabic , break, bruise, crush); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְר׳ Numbers 35:27, וּרְצָחוֺ Deuteronomy 22:26; 2nd person masculine singular (הֲ)רָצַחְתָּ 1 Kings 21:19; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְצַח Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 4:42; 2nd person masculine singular (צַח-) תִּרְצָ֑ח Exodus 20:13 = Deuteronomy 5:17; Infinitive absolute רָצֹהַּ Hosea 4:2; Jeremiah 7:9; Participle active רֹצֵחַ Deuteronomy 19:3 +, רוֺ׳ Deuteronomy 4:42 +; — murder, slay, with premeditation, Exodus 20:13 (E) = Deuteronomy 5:17; Hosea 4:2; Jeremiah 7:9; 1 Kings 21:19 (all absolute); with accusative of person Deuteronomy 22:26, unawares Deuteronomy 4:42; slay as avenger Numbers 35:27, 30 (P; || חֵמִית Numbers 35:19; Numbers 35:21); especially participle as substantive = slayer, manslayer, without intent, Deuteronomy 4:42; Deuteronomy 19:3, 4, 6; also in P: Numbers 35:6, 11, 12, 25, 26, 27, 28; Joshua 20:3, 5, 6; Joshua 21:13, 21, 27, 32, 26 (van d. H., Baer, Joshua 21:38 Gi; all P); murderer, with intent, Numbers 35:16 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:17 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:18 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:19, 21 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:30; Numbers 30:31; also Job 24:14.
Niph. Imperfect 1st person singular אֵרָצֵחַ Proverbs 22:13 I shall be slain; Participle feminine singular as adjective אִשָּׁה הַנִּרְצָחָה Judges 20:4 the murdered woman.
Pi. (intensive) murder, assassinate: 3rd person masculine plural יְרַצְּחוּ Hosea 6:9 (absolute), יְרַצֵּ֑חוּ Psalm 94:6 (accusative of person, || הָרַג); Psalm 62:4 see below; Participle מְרַצֵּחַ, as substantive 2 Kings 6:32 murderer, assassin; plural מְרֵצְּחִים Isaiah 1:21assassins.
Pu. Imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural תְּרָצְּחוּ Psalm 62:4, so Baer Gi, van d. H. תְּרָצְחוּ, but Ben Naphtali
Pi. תְּרַצְּחוּ (Baer¹⁴³), so Vrss Hup-Now De Che Bae and others ye murder (or batter, shatter).

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

20:13; 20:13

Numbers

35:6; 35:11; 35:12; 35:16; 35:17; 35:18; 35:19; 35:19; 35:21; 35:21; 35:25; 35:26; 35:27; 35:27; 35:27; 35:28; 35:30; 35:30; 35:30

Deuteronomy

4:42; 4:42; 4:42; 4:42; 5:17; 5:17; 19:3; 19:3; 19:4; 19:6; 22:26; 22:26

Joshua

20:3; 20:5; 20:6; 21:13; 21:21; 21:26; 21:27; 21:32; 21:38

Judges

20:4

1 Kings

21:19; 21:19

2 Kings

6:32

Job

24:14

Psalms

62:4; 62:4; 94:6

Proverbs

22:13

Isaiah

1:21

Jeremiah

7:9; 7:9

Hosea

4:2; 4:2; 6:9

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Strong's Number H7523 matches the Hebrew רָצַח (rāṣaḥ),
which occurs 47 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Exo 20:13

Exo 20:13 - Thou shalt not kill.^H7523

Num 35:6

Num 35:6 - And among the cities^H5892 which ye shall give^H5414 unto the Levites^H3881 there shall be six^H8337 cities^H5892 for refuge,^H4733 which ye shall appoint^H5414 for the manslayer,^H7523 that he may flee^H5127 thither: and to them ye shall add^H5414 forty^H705 and two^H8147 cities.^H5892

Num 35:11

Num 35:11 - Then ye shall appoint^H7136 you cities^H5892 to be cities^H5892 of refuge^H4733 for you; that the slayer^H7523 may flee^H5127 thither, which killeth^H5221 any person^H5315 at unawares.^H7684

Num 35:12

Num 35:12 - And they shall be unto you cities^H5892 for refuge^H4733 from the avenger;^H1350 that the manslayer^H7523 die^H4191 not, until he stand^H5975 before^H6440 the congregation^H5712 in judgment.^H4941

Num 35:16

Num 35:16 - And if he smite^H5221 him with an instrument^H3627 of iron,^H1270 so that he die,^H4191 he is a murderer:^H7523 the murderer^H7523 shall surely^H4191 be put to death.^H4191

Num 35:17

Num 35:17 - And if he smite^H5221 him with throwing^H3027 a stone,^H68 wherewith he may die,^H4191 and he die,^H4191 he is a murderer:^H7523 the murderer^H7523 shall surely^H4191 be put to death.^H4191

Num 35:18

Num 35:18 - Or if he smite^H5221 him with an hand^H3027 weapon^H3627 of wood,^H6086 wherewith he may die,^H4191 and he die,^H4191 he is a murderer:^H7523 the murderer^H7523 shall surely^H4191 be put to death.^H4191

Num 35:19

Num 35:19 - The revenger^H1350 of blood^H1818 himself shall slay^H4191 the murderer:^H7523 when he meeteth^H6293 him, he^H1931 shall slay^H4191 him.

Num 35:21

Num 35:21 - Or in enmity^H342 smite^H5221 him with his hand,^H3027 that he die:^H4191 he that smote^H5221 him shall surely^H4191 be put to death;^H4191 for he is a murderer:^H7523 the revenger^H1350 of blood^H1818 shall slay^H4191 the murderer,^H7523 when he meeteth^H6293 him.

Num 35:25

Num 35:25 - And the congregation^H5712 shall deliver^H5337 the slayer^H7523 out of the hand^H3027 of the revenger^H1350 of blood,^H1818 and the congregation^H5712 shall restore^H7725 him to the city^H5892 of his refuge,^H4733 whither he was fled:^H5127 and he shall abide^H3427 in it unto the death^H4194 of the high^H1419 priest,^H3548 which was anointed^H4886 with the holy^H6944 oil.^H8081

Num 35:26

Num 35:26 - But if the slayer^H7523 shall at any time^H3318 come^H3318 without the border^H1366 of the city^H5892 of his refuge,^H4733 whither he was fled;^H5127

Num 35:27

Num 35:27 - And the revenger^H1350 of blood^H1818 find^H4672 him without^H2351 the borders^H1366 of the city^H5892 of his refuge,^H4733 and the revenger^H1350 of blood^H1818 kill^H7523 the slayer;^H7523 he shall not be guilty of blood:^H1818

Num 35:28

Num 35:28 - Because he should have remained^H3427 in the city^H5892 of his refuge^H4733 until the death^H4194 of the high^H1419 priest:^H3548 but after^H310 the death^H4194 of the high^H1419 priest^H3548 the slayer^H7523 shall return^H7725 into the land^H776 of his possession.^H272

Num 35:30

Num 35:30 - Whoso killeth^H5221 any person,^H5315 the murderer^H7523 shall be put to death^H7523 by the mouth^H6310 of witnesses:^H5707 but one^H259 witness^H5707 shall not testify^H6030 against any person^H5315 to cause him to die.^H4191

Num 35:31

Num 35:31 - Moreover ye shall take^H3947 no satisfaction^H3724 for the life^H5315 of a murderer,^H7523 which is guilty^H7563 of death:^H4191 but he shall be surely^H4191 put to death.^H4191

Deu 4:42

Deu 4:42 - That the slayer^H7523 might flee^H5127 thither, which should kill^H7523 his neighbour^H7453 unawares,^H1097^H1847 and hated^H8130 him not in times^H8543 past;^H8032 and that fleeing^H5127 unto one^H259 of these^H411 cities^H5892 he might live:^H2425

Deu 5:17

Deu 5:17 - Thou shalt not kill.^H7523

Deu 19:3

Deu 19:3 - Thou shalt prepare^H3559 thee a way,^H1870 and divide the coasts^H1366 of thy land,^H776 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth thee to inherit,^H5157 into three parts,^H8027 that every slayer^H7523 may flee^H5127 thither.

Deu 19:4

Deu 19:4 - And this is the case^H1697 of the slayer,^H7523 which shall flee^H5127 thither, that he may live:^H2425 Whoso killeth^H5221 his neighbour^H7453 ignorantly,^H1097^H1847 whom he hated^H8130 not in time^H8543 past;^H8032

Deu 19:6

Deu 19:6 - Lest the avenger^H1350 of the blood^H1818 pursue^H7291 the slayer,^H310^H7523 while^H3588 his heart^H3824 is hot,^H3179 and overtake^H5381 him, because the way^H1870 is long,^H7235 and slay^H5221 him;^H5315 whereas he was not worthy^H4941 of death,^H4194 inasmuch as^H3588 he hated^H8130 him not in time^H8543 past.^H8032

Deu 22:26

Deu 22:26 - But unto the damsel^H5291 thou shalt do^H6213 nothing;^H1697 there is in the damsel^H5291 no sin^H2399 worthy of death:^H4194 for as when a man^H376 riseth^H6965 against his neighbour,^H7453 and slayeth^H7523^H5315 him, even so is this matter:^H1697

Jos 20:3

Jos 20:3 - That the slayer^H7523 that killeth^H5221 any person^H5315 unawares^H7684 and unwittingly^H1847 may flee^H5127 thither: and they shall be your refuge^H4733 from the avenger^H1350 of blood.^H1818

Jos 20:5

Jos 20:5 - And if the avenger^H1350 of blood^H1818 pursue^H7291 after^H310 him, then they shall not deliver^H5462 the slayer^H7523 up into his hand;^H3027 because he smote^H5221 his neighbour^H7453 unwittingly,^H1097^H1847 and hated^H8130 him not beforetime.^H8543^H8032

Jos 20:6

Jos 20:6 - And he shall dwell^H3427 in that city,^H5892 until he stand^H5975 before^H6440 the congregation^H5712 for judgment,^H4941 and until the death^H4194 of the high^H1419 priest^H3548 that^H834 shall be in those days:^H3117 then shall the slayer^H7523 return,^H7725 and come^H935 unto his own city,^H5892 and unto his own house,^H1004 unto the city^H5892 from whence he fled.^H5127

Jos 21:13

Jos 21:13 - Thus they gave^H5414 to the children^H1121 of Aaron^H175 the priest^H3548 Hebron^H2275 with her suburbs,^H4054 to be a city^H5892 of refuge^H4733 for the slayer;^H7523 and Libnah^H3841 with her suburbs,^H4054

Jos 21:21

Jos 21:21 - For they gave^H5414 them Shechem^H7927 with her suburbs^H4054 in mount^H2022 Ephraim,^H669 to be a city^H5892 of refuge^H4733 for the slayer;^H7523 and Gezer^H1507 with her suburbs,^H4054

Jos 21:27

Jos 21:27 - And unto the children^H1121 of Gershon,^H1648 of the families^H4940 of the Levites,^H3881 out of the other half^H2677 tribe^H4294 of Manasseh^H4519 they gave Golan^H1474 in Bashan^H1316 with her suburbs,^H4054 to be a city^H5892 of refuge^H4733 for the slayer;^H7523 and Beeshterah^H1203 with her suburbs;^H4054 two^H8147 cities.^H5892

Jos 21:32

Jos 21:32 - And out of the tribe^H4294 of Naphtali,^H5321 Kedesh^H6943 in Galilee^H1551 with her suburbs,^H4054 to be a city^H5892 of refuge^H4733 for the slayer;^H7523 and Hammothdor^H2576 with her suburbs,^H4054 and Kartan^H7178 with her suburbs;^H4054 three^H7969 cities.^H5892

Jos 21:38

Jos 21:38 - And out of the tribe^H4294 of Gad,^H1410 Ramoth^H7433 in Gilead^H1568 with her suburbs,^H4054 to be a city^H5892 of refuge^H4733 for the slayer;^H7523 and Mahanaim^H4266 with her suburbs,^H4054

Jdg 20:4

Jdg 20:4 - And the Levite,^H3881^H376 the husband^H376 of the woman^H802 that was slain,^H7523 answered^H6030 and said,^H559 I came^H935 into Gibeah^H1390 that belongeth to Benjamin,^H1144 I and my concubine,^H6370 to lodge.^H3885

1Ki 21:19

1Ki 21:19 - And thou shalt speak^H1696 unto him, saying,^H559 Thus saith^H559 the LORD,^H3068 Hast thou killed,^H7523 and also taken possession?^H3423 And thou shalt speak^H1696 unto him, saying,^H559 Thus saith^H559 the LORD,^H3068 In the place^H4725 where dogs^H3611 licked^H3952 the blood^H1818 of Naboth^H5022 shall dogs^H3611 lick^H3952 thy blood,^H1818 even thine.

2Ki 6:32

2Ki 6:32 - But Elisha^H477 sat^H3427 in his house,^H1004 and the elders^H2205 sat^H3427 with him; and the king sent^H7971 a man^H376 from before^H6440 him: but ere the messenger^H4397 came^H935 to him, he said^H559 to the elders,^H2205 See^H7200 ye how this son^H1121 of a murderer^H7523 hath sent^H7971 to take away^H5493 mine head?^H7218 look,^H7200 when the messenger^H4397 cometh,^H935 shut^H5462 the door,^H1817 and hold him fast^H3905 at the door:^H1817 is not the sound^H6963 of his master's^H113 feet^H7272 behind^H310 him?

Job 24:14

Job 24:14 - The murderer^H7523 rising^H6965 with the light^H216 killeth^H6991 the poor^H6041 and needy,^H34 and in the night^H3915 is as a thief.^H1590

Psa 62:3

Psa 62:3 - How long will ye imagine mischief^H2050 against a man?^H376 ye shall be slain^H7523 all of you: as a bowing^H5186 wall^H7023 shall ye be, and as a tottering^H1760 fence.^H1447

Psa 94:6

Psa 94:6 - They slay^H2026 the widow^H490 and the stranger,^H1616 and murder^H7523 the fatherless.^H3490

Pro 22:13

Pro 22:13 - The slothful^H6102 man saith,^H559 There is a lion^H738 without,^H2351 I shall be slain^H7523 in^H8432 the streets.^H7339

Isa 1:21

Isa 1:21 - How is the faithful^H539 city^H7151 become an harlot!^H2181 it was full^H4392 of judgment;^H4941 righteousness^H6664 lodged^H3885 in it; but now murderers.^H7523

Jer 7:9

Jer 7:9 - Will ye steal,^H1589 murder,^H7523 and commit adultery,^H5003 and swear^H7650 falsely,^H8267 and burn incense^H6999 unto Baal,^H1168 and walk^H1980 after^H310 other^H312 gods^H430 whom ye know^H3045 not;

Hos 4:2

Hos 4:2 - By swearing,^H422 and lying,^H3584 and killing,^H7523 and stealing,^H1589 and committing adultery,^H5003 they break out,^H6555 and blood^H1818 toucheth^H5060 blood.^H1818

Hos 6:9

Hos 6:9 - And as troops^H1416 of robbers wait^H2442 for a man,^H376 so the company^H2267 of priests^H3548 murder^H7523 in the way^H1870 by consent:^H7926^H7927 for they commit^H6213 lewdness.^H2154

Lexicon :: Strong's H7523 - rāṣaḥ

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