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To mix

רָקַחStrong’s H7543

raqach (ra-qach)

Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Raqach is the Hebrew word usually translated “perfumer”, “mixed” and “mix”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.

“And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.”
Exodus 30:25 KJV
Meaning
  1. To mix, compound(Qal) · (Pual) mixed (participle) · (Hiphil) to mix
How it's translated
  • a perfumer 4
  • mixed 2
  • he will mix 1
  • and mix 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 4
  • 1 Chronicles 1
  • 2 Chronicles 1
  • Ecclesiastes 1
  • Ezekiel 1

5 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

רָקַח raqach · to mix

1) to mix, compound 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to mix, compound 1a2) compounder, mixer, perfumer (participle) (subst) 1b) (Pual) mixed (participle) 1c) (Hiphil) to mix

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “mix” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

MIX, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive mixed or mixt. [Latin misceo, mixtum; Heb. to mix ]

  1. To unite or blend promiscuously two or more ingredients into a mass or compound; applied both to solids and liquids; as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines.
  2. To join; to associate; to unite with in company.
  3. To join; to mingle.
  4. To unite with a crowd or multitude.
All definitions and other forms of “mix”

    MIX, verb intransitive

    To become united or blended promiscuously in a mass or compound. Oil and water will not mix without the intervention of a third substance.

    1. To be joined or associated; as, to mix with the multitude, or to mix in society.

    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.