Rakak means “mollify” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7401 רָכַך (rakak) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. rakak (raw-kak') v. 1. to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively [a primitive root] It has 8 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include heart and faint. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
rakak (raw-kak') v. 1. to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively [a primitive root] KJV: (be) faint((-hearted)), mollify, (be, make) soft(-er), be tender.
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be tender
Usage: 1) to be tender, be soft, be weak 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be tender, be weak (of heart) 1a1a) to be timid, be fearful 1a1b) to be softened, be penitent 1a2) to be soft (of treacherous words) 1b) (Pual) to be softened 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be weak 1d) (Niphal) tender
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render rakak, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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8 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7401.
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7401, grouped by book.
Rakak (Strong's H7401) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "mollify". rakak (raw-kak') v. 1. to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's H7401 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7401 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as heart and faint. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
