H7523 רָצַח
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 46 KJV occurrences
רָצַח
râtsach · raw-tsakh'
Definition
properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder
KJV Renderings
put to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er).
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 46)
- Exodus 20:13Thou shalt not kill.
- Numbers 35:16And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
- Numbers 35:21Or 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, when he meeteth him.
- Numbers 35:28Because 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 shall return into the land of his possession.
- Deuteronomy 5:17Thou shalt not kill.
- Joshua 20:5And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
- Joshua 21:38And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
- Psalms 94:6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.