To wash
רָחַץStrong’s H7364rachats (ra-chats)
Appears in 71 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rachats is the Hebrew word usually translated “wash” and “washed”. It appears in 71 verses of the Old Testament.
“Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:”
Meaning
- To wash, wash off, wash away, bathe(Qal) · (Pual) to be washed · (Hithpael) to wash oneself · (Hithpael Passive) to be regarded clean, trustworthy
How it's translated
- and he will wash 21
- and you will wash 5
- to wash 4
- he will wash 4
- and wash 3
- and they washed 3
- and he washed 3
- and they will wash 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 26
- Exodus 11
- Genesis 5
- Numbers 3
- 2 Samuel 3
- 2 Kings 3
18 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 19:2And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
- Genesis 24:32And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him.
- Genesis 43:24And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
- Genesis 43:31And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
- Exodus 2:5And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
- Exodus 29:4And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.
All 71 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
רָחַץ rachats · to wash
: wash 1) to wash, wash off, wash away, bathe 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wash, wash off, wash away 1a2) to wash, bathe (oneself) 1b) (Pual) to be washed 1c) (Hithpael) to wash oneself 2a) (Hithpael Passive) to be regarded clean, trustworthy
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wash” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WASH, verb transitive
[G.]
- To cleanse by ablution, or by rubbing in water; as, to wash the hands or the body; to wash garments.
- To wet; to fall on and moisten; as, the rain washes the flowers or plants.
- To overflow.
- To overflow or dash against; to cover with water; as, the waves wash the strand or shore; the sea washes the rocks on the shore or beach.
All definitions and other forms of “wash”
- To scrub in water; as, to wash a deck or a floor.
- To separate extraneous matter from; as, to wash ore; to wash grain.
- In painting, to lay a color over any work with a pencil, to give it the proper tints, and make it appear more natural.
- To rub over with some liquid substance; as, to wash trees fro removing insects or diseases.
- To squeeze and cleanse in water; as, to wash wool.
- To cleanse by a current of water; as, showers wash the streets.
- To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as steel washed with silver.
- To purify from the pollution of sin.“But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified” 1 Corinthians 6:11
WASH, verb intransitive
- To perform the act of ablution.“WASH in Jordan seven times. [Elliptical.]” 2 Kings 5:10
- To perform the business of cleansing clothes in water.
WASH, noun
- Alluvial matter; substances collected and deposited by water; as the wash of a river.
- A bog; a marsh; a fen.
- A cosmetic; as a wash for the face, to help the complexion.
- A lotion; a medical liquid preparation for external application.
- A superficial stain or color.
- Waste liquor of a kitchen for hogs.
- The act of washing the clothes of a family; or the whole quantity washed at once.
- With distillers, the fermentable liquor made b dissolving the proper subject for fermentation and distillation in common water.
- The shallow part of a river, or arm of the sea; as the wastes in Lincolnshire.
- The blade of an oar; the thin part, which enters the water and by whose impulse the boat is moved.
- The color laid on a picture to vary its tints.
- A substance laid on boards or other work for beauty or preservation.
- A thin coat of metal.
- In the west Indies, a mixture of dunder, molasses, water and scummings, for distillation.
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.