רָחַץ
ra.chats
“to wash: wash”
Definition
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
a primitive root;
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
רָחַץ appears 69 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.
“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,
So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
Whoever sits on furniture on which the man with the discharge was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
The man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.