Womb
רַחַםStrong’s H7358racham (ra-cham)
Appears in 25 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Racham is the Hebrew word usually translated “from womb”, “womb” and “womb her”. It appears in 25 verses of the Old Testament.
“For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.”
Meaning
- Womb
How it's translated
- from womb 8
- a womb 6
- womb 4
- womb her 4
- from womb of 2
- in the womb 1
- and womb her 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 5
- Exodus 4
- Numbers 4
- Genesis 3
- Psalms 3
- Jeremiah 3
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 29:31And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
- Genesis 30:22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
- Exodus 13:2Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
- Exodus 13:12That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD’s.
- Exodus 13:15And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
- Exodus 34:19All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
Hebrew dictionary
רַחַם racham · womb
womb Another spelling of re.chem (רֶ֫חֶם "womb" H7358)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “womb” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WOMB, noun
Woom. [G.]
- The uterus or matrix of a female; that part where the young of an animal is conceived and nourished till its birth.
- The place where any thing is produced.
- Any large or deep cavity.
All definitions and other forms of “womb”
WOMB, verb transitive
To inclose; to breed in secret. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.