רֶחֶם
rechem · rekh'-em
the womb
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7355 (רָחַם); (compare H7356 (רַחַם))
the womb
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: matrix, womb.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The head, the highest that works to separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רֶחֶם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the matrix5 · 19%
- her womb4 · 15%
- out of the womb3 · 12%
- the womb2 · 8%
- womb2 · 8%
- from the womb2 · 8%
- all the wombs1 · 4%
- every womb1 · 4%
- i not from the womb1 · 4%
- us in the womb1 · 4%
- of the womb1 · 4%
- upon thee from the womb1 · 4%
- me not from the womb1 · 4%
- and her womb1 · 4%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.