Be tender
רָכַךְStrong’s H7401rakhakh (ra-khakh)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rakhakh is the Hebrew word usually translated “it was soft”, “timid” and “has made faint”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;”
Meaning
- To be tender, be soft, be weak(Qal) · (Pual) to be softened · (Hiphil) to cause to be weak · (Niphal) tender
How it's translated
- it was soft 2
- be timid 1
- he has made faint 1
- they were soft 1
- it has been softened 1
- it be weak 1
- it should be weak 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- 2 Kings 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 22:19Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 34:27Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
- Job 23:16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
- Psalms 55:21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
- Isaiah 1:6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
- Isaiah 7:4And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
Hebrew dictionary
רָכַךְ rakhakh · be tender
1) to be tender, be soft, be weak 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be tender, be weak (of heart) 1a1a) to be timid, be fearful 1a1b) to be softened, be penitent 1a2) to be soft (of treacherous words) 1b) (Pual) to be softened 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be weak 1d) (Niphal) tender
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “timid” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TIM'ID, adjective
[Latin timidus, from timeo, to fear.]
Fearful; wanting courage to meet danger; timorous; not bold.
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.