רָכַס

rachas · bind

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7405 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

rachas (רָכַס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bind”.

Tie, fasten.

How to say it

ra·chas

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To fasten one thing to another with a cord.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • They shall bind ×1
  • they bound ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Exodus 28:28

    They shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue, so that it is on the woven band of the ephod, and the breastpiece shall 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 cord of blue, so that it would be on the woven band of the ephod, and the breastpiece would not come loose from the ephod, as YHWH had commanded Moses.