רָצַח
rāṣaḥ
murder
Strong's H7523VerbHebrewTWOT 2208

רָצַח (rāṣaḥ) is a Hebrew verb meaning murder. It appears 47 times in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7523).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2208)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2208)murder, slay; assassinate; dash, kill; put to death, slayer, murderer
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

רָצַח verb: murder, slay

Strong's H7523 רָצַח: properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder
KJV:put to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Exodus 20:13Numbers 35:6Deuteronomy 4:42

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