רָצַח
râtsach · raw-tsakh'
properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: put to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er).
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to pursue the straight path › to separate and protect
The head, the highest that works to pursue the straight path that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָצַח 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
47 occurrences · 47 OT · 0 NT · 30 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the murderer7 · 16%
- the slayer5 · 11%
- for the slayer5 · 11%
- he is a murderer3 · 7%
- thou shalt not kill2 · 4%
- of a murderer2 · 4%
- that the slayer2 · 4%
- murder2 · 4%
- for the manslayer1 · 2%
- for you; that the slayer1 · 2%
- that the manslayer1 · 2%
- for he is a murderer1 · 2%
- but if the slayer1 · 2%
- kill1 · 2%
- shall be put to death1 · 2%
- thither, which should kill1 · 2%
- that every slayer1 · 2%
- of the slayer1 · 2%
- and slayeth1 · 2%
- then shall the slayer1 · 2%
- that was slain1 · 2%
- hast thou killed1 · 2%
- ye shall be slain1 · 2%
- and murder1 · 2%
- i shall be slain1 · 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.