Compassion
רַחֲמִיןStrong’s H7359rechem (re-chem)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Rechem is the Aramaic word usually translated “compassion”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.”
Meaning
- Compassion
How it's translated
- and compassion 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Aramaic dictionary
רַחֲמִין rechem · compassion
compassion Aramaic of ra.cha.mim (רַחֲמִים "compassion" H7356B)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “compassion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COMPASSION, noun
- A suffering with another; painful sympathy; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration. compassion is a mixed passion, compounded of love and sorrow; at least some portion of love generally attends the pain or regret, or is excited by it.“He being full of compassion forgave their iniquity” Psalms 78:38“His father had compassion and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him” Luke 15:20
All definitions and other forms of “compassion”
COMPASSION, verb transitive
To pity.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.