Râtsach — H7523

Definition

verb

properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder

1. to murder, slay, kill
1. (Qal) to murder, slay
1. premeditated
2. accidental
3. as avenger
4. slayer (intentional) (participle)
2. (Niphal) to be slain
3. (Piel)
1. to murder, assassinate
2. murderer, assassin (participle) (subst)
4. (Pual) to be killed

Usually translated as

slayer, murderer, kill, murder, put to death, slay, manslay

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• phoneúō (G5407)
• phónos (G5408)

Occurrences

Râtsach occurs 47 times in 40 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Numbers (14), Deuteronomy (6), Joshua (8), Judges (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (1), Job (1), Psalms (2), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Hosea (2)

• Exodus 20:13 — Thou shalt not kill (תִּֿרְצָֽ֖ח).
• Numbers 35:6 — And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer (הָרֹצֵ֑חַ), that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
• Numbers 35:11 — Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer (רֹצֵ֔חַ) may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
• Numbers 35:12 — And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer (הָרֹצֵ֔חַ) die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
• Numbers 35:16 — And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer (רֹצֵ֣חַֽ): the murderer shall surely be put to death.
• Numbers 35:16 — And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer (הָרֹצֵֽחַ) shall surely be put to death.
• Numbers 35:17 — And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer (רֹצֵ֣חַֽ): the murderer shall surely be put to death.
• Numbers 35:17 — And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer (הָרֹצֵֽחַ) shall surely be put to death.
• Numbers 35:18 — Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer (רֹצֵ֣חַֽ): the murderer shall surely be put to death.
• Numbers 35:18 — Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer (הָרֹצֵֽחַ) shall surely be put to death.
• Numbers 35:19 — The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer (הָרֹצֵ֑חַ): when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
• Numbers 35:21 — Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer (רֹצֵ֣חַֽ): the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
• Numbers 35:21 — Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer (הָרֹצֵ֖חַ), when he meeteth him.
• Numbers 35:25 — And the congregation shall deliver the slayer (הָרֹצֵ֗חַ) out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
• Numbers 35:26 — But if the slayer (הָרֹצֵ֑חַ) shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
• Numbers 35:27 — And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill (וְרָצַ֞ח) the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
• Numbers 35:27 — And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer (הָ֣רֹצֵ֔חַ); he shall not be guilty of blood:
• Numbers 35:28 — Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer (הָרֹצֵ֔חַ) shall return into the land of his possession.
• Numbers 35:30 — Whoso killeth any person, the murderer (יִרְצַ֖ח) shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
• Numbers 35:30 — Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death (הָרֹצֵ֑חַ) by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
• Numbers 35:31 — Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer (רֹצֵ֔חַ), which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
• Deuteronomy 4:42 — That the slayer (רוֹצֵ֗חַ) might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
• Deuteronomy 4:42 — That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill (יִרְצַ֤ח) his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
• Deuteronomy 5:17 — Thou shalt not kill (תִּֿרְצָֽח).
• Deuteronomy 19:3 — Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer (רֹצֵֽחַ) may flee thither.
• Deuteronomy 19:4 — And this is the case of the slayer (הָרֹצֵ֔חַ), which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
• Deuteronomy 19:6 — Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer (הָרֹצֵ֗חַ), while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
• Deuteronomy 22:26 — But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth (וּרְצָח֣וֹ) him, even so is this matter:
• Joshua 20:3 — That the slayer (רוֹצֵ֔חַ) that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
• Joshua 20:5 — And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer (הָרֹצֵ֖חַ) up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
• Joshua 20:6 — And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer (הָרוֹצֵ֗חַ) return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
• Joshua 21:13 — Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer (הָרֹצֵ֔חַ); and Libnah with her suburbs,
• Joshua 21:21 — For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer (הָרֹצֵ֛חַ); and Gezer with her suburbs,
• Joshua 21:27 — And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer (הָרֹצֵ֔חַ); and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.
• Joshua 21:32 — And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer (הָֽרֹצֵ֗חַ); and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
• Joshua 21:38 — And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer (הָרֹצֵ֔חַ); and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
• Judges 20:4 — And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain (הַנִּרְצָחָ֖ה), answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
• 1 Kings 21:19 — And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed (הֲרָצַ֖חְתָּ), and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
• 2 Kings 6:32 — But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer (הַֽמְרַצֵּ֤חַ) hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?
• Job 24:14 — The murderer (רוֹצֵ֗חַ) rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
• Psalms 62:3 — How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain (תְּרָצְּח֪וּ) all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
• Psalms 94:6 — They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder (יְרַצֵּֽחוּ) the fatherless.
• Proverbs 22:13 — The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain (אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ) in the streets.
• Isaiah 1:21 — How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers (מְרַצְּחִֽים).
• Jeremiah 7:9 — Will ye steal, murder (רָצֹ֙חַ֙), and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
• Hosea 4:2 — By swearing, and lying, and killing (וְרָצֹ֥חַ), and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
• Hosea 6:9 — And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder (יְרַצְּחוּ) in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.