רַךְ
rak · rak
tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7401 (רָכַךְ);
tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
- tender (literally or figuratively)
- by implication, weak
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: faint((-hearted), soft, tender ((-hearted), one), weak.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the open hand that covers
The head, the highest of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רַךְ 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- tender3 · 19%
- and tender2 · 13%
- was tender1 · 6%
- are tender1 · 6%
- and fainthearted1 · 6%
- that is tender1 · 6%
- the tender1 · 6%
- weak1 · 6%
- and tenderhearted1 · 6%
- soft1 · 6%
- a soft1 · 6%
- and a soft1 · 6%
- a tender one1 · 6%
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.