Strongs Number: H7401
- Hebrew Word
- רָכַךְ
- Transliteration
- râkak
- Phonetic
- raw-kak'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to soften (intransitively or {transitively}) used figuratively
- BDB Definition
-
1. to be tender, be soft, be weak
a. (Qal)
1. to be tender, be weak (of heart) 1a
b. to be timid, be fearful 1a
c. to be softened, be penitent
1. to be soft (of treacherous words)
d. (Pual) to be softened
e. (Hiphil) to cause to be weak
f. (Niphal) tender
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- (be) faint ({[-hearted]}) {mollify} ({be} make) soft ({-er}) be tender.