רָחַם (ra.cham) means “to have compassion” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: raw-kham' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
רָחַם · ra.cham · to have compassion
1) to love, love deeply, have mercy, be compassionate, have tender affection, have compassion 1a) (Qal) to love 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to have compassion, be compassionate 1b1a) of God, man 1c) (Pual) to be shown compassion, be compassionate
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a primitive root; to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
KJV glosses: have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, [idiom] surely.
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| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| compassion | 5 |
| and have compassion | 2 |
| and he will have compassion | 2 |
| and merciless | 2 |
| has compassion | 2 |
| mercy | 2 |
| and had compassion on them | 1 |
| and have compassion on you | 1 |
| and i will have compassion | 1 |
| and i will have compassion on | 1 |
| and will have compassion | 1 |
| and will have compassion on them | 1 |
| compassion on them | 1 |
| find compassion | 1 |
| have compassion | 1 |
| have compassion on them | 1 |
| have compassion on us | 1 |
| he who has compassion on them | 1 |
| he will show compassion | 1 |
| i have compassion | 1 |
| i have compassion on them | 1 |
| i have great compassion for him | 1 |
| i love you | 1 |
| i will have compassion | 1 |
| i will have compassion on you | 1 |
| i will show you mercy | 1 |
| is full of compassion | 1 |
| my loved one | 1 |
| or lack compassion | 1 |
| show you compassion | 1 |
| that he may have compassion | 1 |
| to show them mercy | 1 |
| to show you compassion | 1 |
| who has compassion on you | 1 |
| will find mercy | 1 |
| will have compassion | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and have compassion | 3 |
| and have mercy | 3 |
| have mercy | 3 |
| nor have mercy | 2 |
| pitieth | 2 |
| and have no mercy | 1 |
| and he will have mercy | 1 |
| and i will have mercy | 1 |
| and i will not have mercy | 1 |
| and they shall have no pity | 1 |
| and will have mercy | 1 |
| and will not shew mercy | 1 |
| and will shew mercy | 1 |
| but i will have mercy | 1 |
| findeth mercy | 1 |
| for him i will surely | 1 |
| have i had mercy | 1 |
| he will have compassion | 1 |
| how long wilt thou not have mercy | 1 |
| i will love | 1 |
| merciful | 1 |
| mercy | 1 |
| neither shall have mercy | 1 |
| on whom i will shew mercy | 1 |
| ruhamah | 1 |
| shall have mercy | 1 |
| that hath mercy | 1 |
| that he may have mercy | 1 |
| that she should not have compassion | 1 |
| that they may have compassion | 1 |
| them for he that hath mercy | 1 |
| them for i have mercy | 1 |
| them will not have mercy | 1 |
| unto them and had compassion | 1 |
| unto you that he may have mercy | 1 |
| upon her that had not obtained mercy | 1 |
| will have mercy | 1 |
| will i have mercy | 1 |
| yet will he have compassion | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 43 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Read word by wordNothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.18
then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
Read word by wordMay You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.
Read word by wordBut the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.
Read word by wordFor the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.2
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 102.14
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
Read word by wordThe LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
Read word by wordHe who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
Read word by wordTherefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.16
Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.
Read word by wordFor the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
Read word by wordWhen its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
Read word by wordTherefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
Read word by wordThey will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
Read word by wordShout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
Read word by word“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
Read word by wordIn a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
Read word by wordThough the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
Read word by wordLet the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
Read word by wordForeigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.
Read word by wordThey grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”
Read word by wordBut after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.
Read word by wordI will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
Read word by word‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
Read word by wordIs not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordthen I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”
Read word by wordAnd I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’
Read word by wordThey grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
Read word by wordEven if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
Read word by wordGomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
Read word by wordYet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
Read word by word“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.3
I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.6
And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.25
Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.4
He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
Read word by wordO LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
Read word by wordThen the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”
Read word by wordI will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.
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