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Hebrew

רַחֲמִים ra·cha·mim

“compassion” · 45 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

Genesis: 3 timesExodus: 0 timesLeviticus: 0 timesNumbers: 0 timesDeuteronomy: onceJoshua: 0 timesJudges: 2 timesRuth: 0 times1 Samuel: 0 times2 Samuel: once1 Kings: 2 times2 Kings: 0 times1 Chronicles: once2 Chronicles: onceEzra: 0 timesNehemiah: 5 timesEsther: 0 timesJob: 0 timesPsalms: 11 timesProverbs: 2 timesEcclesiastes: 0 timesSong of Songs: 0 timesIsaiah: 5 timesJeremiah: 2 timesLamentations: onceEzekiel: onceDaniel: 3 timesHosea: onceJoel: 0 timesAmos: onceObadiah: 0 timesJonah: 0 timesMicah: 0 timesNahum: 0 timesHabakkuk: 0 timesZephaniah: 0 timesHaggai: 0 timesZechariah: 2 timesMalachi: 0 timesMatthew: 0 timesMark: 0 timesLuke: 0 timesJohn: 0 timesActs: 0 timesRomans: 0 times1 Corinthians: 0 times2 Corinthians: 0 timesGalatians: 0 timesEphesians: 0 timesPhilippians: 0 timesColossians: 0 times1 Thessalonians: 0 times2 Thessalonians: 0 times1 Timothy: 0 times2 Timothy: 0 timesTitus: 0 timesPhilemon: 0 timesHebrews: 0 timesJames: 0 times1 Peter: 0 times2 Peter: 0 times1 John: 0 times2 John: 0 times3 John: 0 timesJude: 0 timesRevelation: 0 timesLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “compassion” 22
  • “mercy” 8
  • “womb” 2
  • “mercies are” 2
  • “moved” 1
  • other ways 10
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Genesis3
Deuteronomy1
Judges2
2 Samuel1
1 Kings2
1 Chronicles1
2 Chronicles1
Nehemiah5
Psalms11
Proverbs2
Isaiah5
Jeremiah2
Lamentations1
Ezekiel1
Daniel3
Hosea1
Amos1
Zechariah2

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. compassion22
  2. mercy8
  3. mercies are2
  4. womb2
  5. according to his great compassion1
  6. all compassion1
  7. belong compassion1
  8. birth1
  9. firstborn in the fire1
  10. girl1
  11. moved1
  12. objects of compassion1
  13. 3 other ways3
Its meanings, as STEP Bible divides them
  • compassion 39
  • womb 6

With a pronoun joined

Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“compassion” 22

  • 1 Kings 2

    • 3:26 …king because she yearned with compassion for her son Please…
    • 8:50 …may You grant them compassion in the eyes of…

  • Nehemiah 4

    • 9:19 …You in Your great compassion did not forsake them…
    • 9:27 …and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers…
    • 9:28 …delivered them many times in Your compassion
    • 9:31 …But in Your great compassion You did not put…

  • Psalms 8

    • 25:6 …Remember O LORD Your compassion and loving devotion for…
    • 51:1 …according to Your great compassion blot out my transgressions…
    • 69:16 …keeping with Your great compassion
    • 77:9 …His anger shut off His compassion Selah…
    • 79:8 …past sins against us let Your compassion come quickly for we…
    • 103:4 …you with loving devotion and compassion
    • 119:77 May Your compassion come to me that…
    • 145:9 …is good to all His compassion rests on all He…

  • Isaiah 2

    • 54:7 …you but with great compassion I will bring you…
    • 63:15 …and might Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained…

  • Jeremiah 2

    • 16:5 …My loving devotion and My compassion declares the LORD…
    • 42:12 …I will show you compassion and he will have…

  • Daniel 2

    • 1:9 …had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official…
    • 9:18 …because of Your great compassion

  • Hosea 1

    • 2:19 …justice in loving devotion and compassion

  • Zechariah 1

    • 7:9 …justice Show loving devotion and compassion to one another…
“mercy” 8

  • Genesis 1

    • 43:14 …God Almighty grant you mercy before the man that…

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 13:17 …fierce anger grant you mercy show you compassion and…

  • Nehemiah 1

    • 1:11 …pray and grant him mercy in the sight of…

  • Psalms 2

    • 40:11 …LORD do not withhold Your mercy from me Your loving…
    • 119:156 …Great are Your mercies O LORD revive me…

  • Isaiah 1

    • 47:6 …You showed them no mercy even on the elderly…

  • Lamentations 1

    • 3:22 …are not consumed for His mercies never fail…

  • Zechariah 1

    • 1:16 …will return to Jerusalem with mercy and there My house…
“womb” 2

  • Genesis 1

    • 49:25 …blessings of the breasts and womb

  • Proverbs 1

    • 30:16 …Sheol the barren womb land never satisfied with…
“mercies are” 2

  • 2 Samuel 1

    • 24:14 …of the LORD for His mercies are great but do not…

  • 1 Chronicles 1

    • 21:13 …of the LORD for His mercies are very great but do…
“moved” 1

  • Genesis 1

    • 43:30 …Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his…
“girl” 1

  • Judges 1

    • 5:30 …and dividing the spoil a girl or two for each…
“two” 1

  • Judges 1

    • 5:30 …the spoil a girl or two for each warrior a…
“receive mercy” 1

  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 30:9 …your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of…
“objects of compassion” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 106:46 …He made them objects of compassion to all who held…
“tender mercies” 1

  • Proverbs 1

    • 12:10 …life of his animal but the tender mercies of the wicked are…
“birth” 1

  • Isaiah 1

    • 46:3 …womb carried along since birth
“according to his great compassion” 1

  • Isaiah 1

    • 63:7 …the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion…
“firstborn in the fire” 1

  • Ezekiel 1

    • 20:26 …the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire so that I might…
“belong compassion” 1

  • Daniel 1

    • 9:9 …the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness even though…
“all compassion” 1

  • Amos 1

    • 1:11 …the sword and stifled all compassion his anger raged continually…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.