H7408 - רָכַשׁ (râkash)

H7408 רָכַשׁ (râkash) raw-kash'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to gather

Strong's Definition

to lay up, i.e. collect

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: gather, get.

TWOT Reference: 2167

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) (Qal) to collect or gather property

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2932 G4046

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

(Qal) to collect or gather property

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רָכַשׁ râkash BDB Definition: 1) (Qal) to collect or gather property Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 2167 Total KJV Occurrences: 6

Bible Occurrences (4)

12:5 31:18 36:6 46:6

Genesis 12:5

And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew... Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out... for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

Genesis 31:18

and he drove all his livestock {before him},...... along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.

Genesis 36:6

Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his [other] animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to... a land far away from his brother Jacob.

Genesis 46:6

They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.