# רָחַם (racham) Israeli respelling: ra-cham. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H7355. 43 Old Testament occurrences. to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate King James renderings: have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, [idiom] surely. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/racham-h7355 ## Occurrences - [Exodus 33:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/33/19) — And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to wh… - [Deuteronomy 13:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/13/17) — And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mer… - [Deuteronomy 30:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/30/3) — That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, wh… - [1 Kings 8:50](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/8/50) — And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give th… - [2 Kings 13:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/13/23) — And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, an… - [Psalms 18:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/1) — I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. - [Psalms 102:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/102/13) — Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. - [Psalms 103:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/103/13) — Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. - [Psalms 116:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/116/5) — Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. - [Proverbs 28:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/28/13) — He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. - [Isaiah 9:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/9/17) — Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypoc… - [Isaiah 13:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/13/18) — Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare childre… - [Isaiah 14:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/1) — For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with t… - [Isaiah 27:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/27/11) — When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understandin… - [Isaiah 30:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/30/18) — And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for… - [Isaiah 49:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/49/10) — They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the sp… - [Isaiah 49:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/49/13) — Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have m… - [Isaiah 49:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/49/15) — Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forg… - [Isaiah 54:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/54/8) — In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeeme… - [Isaiah 54:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/54/10) — For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peac… - [Isaiah 55:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/55/7) — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; an… - [Isaiah 60:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/60/10) — And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favou… - [Jeremiah 6:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/6/23) — They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set i… - [Jeremiah 12:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/12/15) — And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every… - [Jeremiah 13:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/13/14) — And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have merc… - [Jeremiah 21:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/21/7) — And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city f… - [Jeremiah 30:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/30/18) — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be… - [Jeremiah 31:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/20) — Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are t… - [Jeremiah 33:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/33/26) — Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraha… - [Jeremiah 42:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/42/12) — And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. - [Jeremiah 50:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/42) — They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride up… - [Lamentations 3:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/32) — But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. - [Ezekiel 39:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/39/25) — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will b… - [Hosea 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/1/6) — And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house… - [Hosea 1:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/1/7) — But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor b… - [Hosea 2:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/2/1) — Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. - [Hosea 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/2/4) — And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms. - [Hosea 2:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/2/23) — And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not… - [Hosea 14:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/14/3) — Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee… - [Micah 7:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/7/19) — He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of th… - [Habakkuk 3:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/3/2) — O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; i… - [Zechariah 1:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/1/12) — Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, a… - [Zechariah 10:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/10/6) — And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy…