Tender
רַךְStrong’s H7390rakh
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rakh is the Hebrew word usually translated “tender”, “weak” and “soft”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.”
Meaning
- Tender, soft, delicate, weaktender, delicate (of flesh) · weak of heart, timid · soft (of words)
How it's translated
- tender 3
- weak 3
- soft 3
- and weak of 2
- and weak 2
- gentle 1
- the gentle 1
- a tender 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 3
- Deuteronomy 3
- Proverbs 3
- 1 Chronicles 2
- 2 Samuel 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 29:17Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
- Genesis 33:13And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
- Deuteronomy 20:8And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.
- Deuteronomy 28:54So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
- Deuteronomy 28:56The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
- 2 Samuel 3:39And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
Hebrew dictionary
רַךְ rakh · tender
1) tender, soft, delicate, weak 1a) tender, delicate (of flesh) 1b) weak of heart, timid 1c) soft (of words) 1c1) gentle words (subst)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tender” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TEND'ER, noun
[from tend.]
One that attends or takes care of; a nurse.
- A small vessel employed to attend a larger one for supplying her with provisions and other stores, or to convey intelligence and the like.
- In law, an offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture which would be incurred by non-payment or non-performance; as the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note or bond with interest.
- Any offer for acceptance.
- The thing offered.
All definitions and other forms of “tender”
- Regard; kind concern. [Not in use.]
TEND'ER, verb transitive
[Latin tendo.]
- To offer in words; or to exhibit or present for acceptance.
- To hold; to esteem.
- To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, for saving a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt.
TEN'DER, adjective
[Latin tener; allied probably to thin, Latin tenuis.]
- Soft; easily impressed, broken, bruised or injured; not firm or hard; as tender plants; tender flesh; tender grapes. Deuteronomy 32:2Song of Solomon 2:13
- Very sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- Delicate; effeminate; not hardy or able to endure hardship.“The tender and delicate woman among you” Deuteronomy 28:56
- Weak; feeble; as tender age. Genesis 33:13
- Young and carefully educated.
- Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; easily affected by the distresses of another, or anxious for another's good; as the tender kindness of the church; a tender heart.
- Compassionate; easily excited to pity, forgiveness or favor.“The Lord is pitiful, and of tender mercy” James 5:11
- Exciting kind concern.
- Expressive of the softer passions; as a tender strain.
- Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; with of.
- Gentle; mild; unwilling to pain.
- Apt to give pain; as, that is a tender subject; things that are tender and unpleasing.
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; pathetic; as tender expressions; tender expostulations.
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.