Quick Definition
to have compassion
Strong's Definition
to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, [idiom] surely.
TWOT Reference: 2146
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָחַם (ra.cham) — to have compassion. 1) to love, love deeply, have mercy, be compassionate, have tender affection, have compassion 1a) (Qal) to love 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to have compassion, be compassionate 1b1a) of God, man 1c) (Pual) to be shown compassion, be compassionate
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · רַחוּם · רֶחֶם · רַחֲמָה · רַחֲמִים · רַחֲמָנִי · רְחוּם · רַחַם
Merciful | verb pi | ≈ חוס · חמל · חנן · רַחַמִים | ≠ אַכְזָרִי
to be merciful, to have mercy (on someone), to have compassion (on someone) = state in which humans or deities feel compassion for other, ◄ caused by affection for that person and/or the lack of well-being of that person; ► this feeling is usually translated into action: a person who feels compassion may forgive an offence, refrain from aggression and/or punishment, or revoke punishment
EXO 33:19 · EXO 33:19 · DEU 13:18 · DEU 30:3 · 1KI 8:50 · 2KI 13:23 · PSA 102:14 · PSA 103:13 · PSA 103:13 · PSA 116:5 · ISA 9:16 · ISA 13:18 · ISA 14:1 · ISA 27:11 · ISA 30:18 · ISA 49:10 · ISA 49:13 · ISA 49:15 · ISA 54:8 · ISA 54:10 · ISA 55:7 · ISA 60:10 · JER 6:23 · JER 12:15 · JER 13:14 · JER 21:7 · JER 30:18 · JER 31:20 · JER 31:20 · JER 33:26 · JER 42:12 · JER 50:42 · LAM 3:32 · EZK 39:25 · HOS 1:6 · HOS 1:7 · HOS 2:6 · HOS 2:25 · MIC 7:19 · HAB 3:2 · ZEC 1:12 · ZEC 10:6
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[רָחַם] vb. denom. love. Pi. have compassion Qal I love thee
Pi. have compassion, compassionate
Pu. be shewn compassion, compassionated
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