רָחֵל
ra.chel
“ewe”
Definition
a ewe (the females being the predominant element of a flock) (as a good traveller)
from an unused root meaning to journey;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
רָחֵל appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.
He was oppressed and afflicted,yet He did not open His mouth.He was led like a lamb to the slaughter,and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,so He did not open His mouth.
Your teeth are like a flock of sheepcoming up from the washing;each has its twin,and not one of them is lost.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.