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H7523רָצַחra.tsach

to murderPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. 1
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 20
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1
  12. 1
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. 2
  20. 1
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 1
  24. 1
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 2
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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47 occurrences in 40 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Joshua 21:21

    And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Gezer with its grass-lands;

    הָרֹצֵ֛חַ (רֹצֵ֛חַ) ro.Tze.ach “killer”

  2. Joshua 21:27

    And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Ashtaroth with its grass-lands, two towns.

    הָרֹצֵ֔חַ (רֹצֵ֔חַ) ro.Tze.ach “killer”

  3. Joshua 21:32

    And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Hammoth-dor and Kartan with their grass-lands, three towns.

    הָֽרֹצֵ֗חַ (רֹצֵ֗חַ) ro.Tze.ach “killer”

  4. Joshua 21:38

    And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Mahanaim with their grass-lands;

    הָרֹצֵ֔חַ (רֹצֵ֔חַ) ro.Tze.ach “killer”

  5. Judges 20:4

    Then the Levite, the husband of the dead woman, said in answer, I came to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin, I and my servant-wife, for the purpose of stopping there for the night.

    הַנִּרְצָחָ֖ה (נִּרְצָחָ֖ה) nir.tza.Chah “murdered”

  6. 1 Kings 21:19

    Say to him, The Lord says, Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage? Then say to him, The Lord says, In the place where dogs have been drinking the blood of Naboth, there will your blood become the drink of dogs.

    הֲרָצַ֖חְתָּ (רָצַ֖חְתָּ) ra.Tzach.ta “have you murdered”

  7. 2 Kings 6:32

    But Elisha was in his house, and the responsible men were seated there with him; and before the king got there, Elisha said to those who were with him, Do you see how this cruel and violent man has sent to take away my life?

    הַֽמְרַצֵּ֤חַ (מְרַצֵּ֤חַ) m.ra.Tze.ach “murderer”

  8. Job 24:14

    He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.

    רוֹצֵ֗חַ ro.Tze.ach “a murderer”

  9. Psalms 62:3

    How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?

    תְּרָצְּח֪וּ te.ra.tze.Chu “you will be murdered”

  10. Psalms 94:6

    They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

    יְרַצֵּֽחוּ׃ ye.ra.Tze.chu “they murder”

  11. Proverbs 22:13

    The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

    אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ׃ 'E.ra.Tze.ach “I will be killed”

  12. Isaiah 1:21

    The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.

    מְרַצְּחִֽים׃ me.ra.tze.Chim “murderers”

  13. Jeremiah 7:9

    Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;

    רָצֹ֙חַ֙ ra.Tzo.ach “will you murder?”

  14. Hosea 4:2

    There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.

    וְרָצֹ֥חַ (רָצֹ֥חַ) ra.Tzo.ach “murdering”

  15. Hosea 6:9

    And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design.

    יְרַצְּחוּ־ ye.ra.tze.chu- “they murder”