Definition
a primitive root; to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively
Traditional renderings: (be) faint(-hearted), mollify, (be, make) soft(-er), be tender.
Traditional renderings: (be) faint(-hearted), mollify, (be, make) soft(-er), be tender.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
8 total
- Deuteronomy 20:3יֵרַ֣ךְ · be fainthearted…saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
- 2 Kings 22:19רַךְ־ · was tender…because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 34:27רַךְ־ · was tender…because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
- Job 23:16הֵרַ֣ךְ · faintGod has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
- Psalm 55:21רַכּ֖וּ · are softerHis speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
- Isaiah 1:6רֻכְּכָ֖ה · soothedFrom the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
- Isaiah 7:4יֵרַ֔ךְ…and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
- Jeremiah 51:46יֵרַ֤ךְ · grow faintDo not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year—and then another the next year—of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.