Washing
רַחְצָהStrong’s H7367rachtsah (rach-tsah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rachtsah is the Hebrew word usually translated “washing”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.”
Meaning
- Washing
How it's translated
- the washing 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Song of Solomon 2
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
רַחְצָה rachtsah · washing
washing
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “washing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WASHING, participle present
tense Cleansing with water; purifying; overflowing; overspreading.
All definitions and other forms of “washing”
WASHING, noun
- The act of cleansing with water; ablution. Hebrews 9:10
- A wash; or the clothes washed.
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.