רָכַךְ
râkak · raw-kak'
to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be) faint(-hearted), mollify, (be, make) soft(-er), be tender.
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
- 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 open hand that covers
The head, the highest of the open hand that covers of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָכַךְ 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- faint2 · 25%
- was tender2 · 25%
- soft1 · 13%
- were softer1 · 13%
- neither mollified1 · 13%
- not, neither be fainthearted1 · 13%
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.