רַךְ
rakh
tender
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "rakh" (Strong's number H7390) is a term that conveys the quality of being tender. Its short definition effectively captures this notion of softness, fragility, or delicacy. This concept is significant in the Semantics domain of Emotion & Attitude, suggesting that "rakh" is associated with emotional sensitivity. Its 16 occurrences in the Bible provide ample context for understanding its usage. The word's tender connotation implies caution and care, implying that it may be used to describe relationships, emotions, or spiritual conditions where vulnerabilities should be acknowledged or respected.
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Occurrences in Scripture
16 total occurrences across the text
Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?
Proverbs 4:3For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
Proverbs 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 25:15By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.
Isaiah 47:1“Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
Ezekiel 17:22“The Lord Yahweh says: ‘I will also take some of the lofty top of the cedar, and will plant it. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
Genesis 18:7Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
Genesis 29:17Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.
Genesis 33:13Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
Deuteronomy 20:8The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, “What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his heart.”
Deuteronomy 28:54The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye will be evil toward his brother, toward the wife whom he loves, and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining,
Deuteronomy 28:56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye will be evil toward the husband that she loves, toward her son, toward her daughter,
2 Samuel 3:39I am weak today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward the evildoer according to his wickedness.”
1 Chronicles 22:5David said, “Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David prepared abundantly before his death.
1 Chronicles 29:1David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God.
2 Chronicles 13:7Worthless men were gathered to him, wicked fellows who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender hearted, and could not withstand them.