רָכַס
râkaç · H7405 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to bind
Causative action by which humans attach one object to another with the help of a cord
ExamplesExodus 28:28 “And they shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a violet cord, so that it will be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece will not come loose from the ephod.
Exodus 39:21 And they bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a violet cord, so that it would be on the woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece would not come loose from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: they 2
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- חֹשֶׁןbreast-piece 2
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 4 groups
- אֵלto, toward+ טַבַּעַתring, signet ring 2
- מִןfrom+ טַבַּעַתring, signet ring 2
- בin/on/with+ פָּתִילcord 2
- לto/for+ הָיָהto be, to become 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- קָשַׁר qâshar · H7194 · to be joined together, to be combined, to put on (ornaments)
- Both lexemes share the core sense of "bind" and co-occur in the "Attach" domain. קָשַׁר (qâshar, H7194) has broader, extended senses (conspire, knit, stronger), but the fundamental binding sense overlaps with רָכַס (râkaç, H7405)'s narrower gloss. This is genuine same-language near-synonymy.
- חָבַר châbar · H2266 · to be joined together, to touch (one another), to join together
- Both words overlap in the sense of joining or attaching. חָבַר (châbar, H2266) has a broader range (also speaking, associating and controlling), while רָכַס (râkaç, H7405) is narrowly focused on attaching.
- שָׂרַג sârag · H8276 · to be intertwined, to intertwine oneself
- Both words denote binding or wrapping actions, involving securing or fastening.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Attach002003001001
- Exodus 28:28 and 39:21 both describe the priestly breastpiece being "bound" by its rings to the ephod's rings with a cord, directly attesting the sense of fastening or attaching.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7405. rakas [רָכַס] verb bind (Assyrian rakâsu, id.; Late Hebrew found, lay foundation…
[רָכַס] verb bind (Assyrian rakâsu, id.; Late Hebrew found, lay foundation (rare); Arabic bind with [rope tying camel's head to forefoot] (Frey); but usually turn over, reverse (Lane)); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine plural יִרְכְּסוּ (P) Exo 28:28, וַיִּרְכְּסוּ Exo 39:21, bind חשֶׁן by (מִן) its rings to (אֶל) rings of ephod.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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