Quick Definition
be tender
Strong's Definition
to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (be) faint(-hearted), mollify, (be, make) soft(-er), be tender.
TWOT Reference: 2164
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
רָכַךְ (ra.khakh) — 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מֹרֶךְ · רַךְ · רֹךְ
Afraid | verb qal
Collocation: לֵבָב רכך
to be timid literally: (one's) heart is soft; hence: = process by which humans lose courage
Afraid | verb hif
Collocation: רכך לֵבָב
to make timid literally: to make (someone's) heart soft; hence: = causative process by which deities cause humans to lose courage
Lax | verb qal
to be soothing literally: to be soft; hence: = state in which events take place with the intention to avoid conflicts and promote peace
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[רָכַךְ] vb. be tender, weak, soft Qal be tender, weak, of heart
be soft, of treacherous words
Pu. it has not been softened, mollified, with oil
Hiph. causat. of Qal 1 a.
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