רָחַץ
râchats · raw-khats'
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bathe (self), wash (self).
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
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to separate and protect › to pursue the straight path
The head, the highest that works to separate and protect that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָחַץ 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
72 occurrences · 72 OT · 0 NT · 45 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and bathe15 · 26%
- and wash7 · 12%
- to wash5 · 9%
- and they washed3 · 5%
- and washed3 · 5%
- and he washed2 · 4%
- washed2 · 4%
- he shall wash2 · 4%
- wash2 · 4%
- and shalt wash1 · 2%
- shall wash1 · 2%
- they shall wash1 · 2%
- so they shall wash1 · 2%
- there, to wash1 · 2%
- they washed1 · 2%
- shall he wash1 · 2%
- but he shall wash1 · 2%
- and he did wash1 · 2%
- also he shall wash1 · 2%
- from him, then he shall wash1 · 2%
- they shall both bathe1 · 2%
- therefore shall he wash1 · 2%
- and he shall wash1 · 2%
- them not, nor bathe1 · 2%
- he wash1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
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.