Strong H7354רָחֵל
Rachel
- Transliteration
- râchêl
- Pronunciation
- raw-khale'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
The same as H7353; {Rachel} a wife of Jacob: - Rachel.
Meaning of the name
Rachel = "ewe"
Detailed definition
In the biblical story
Rachel
Wife of Jacob; mother of Joseph and Benjamin
Rachel was the beloved wife of Jacob, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
In the Bible
Strong H7354 appears in 44 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- rachel36
- s5
- behold1
- child1
- pass1
- rahel1
First verses
- Genesis 29:6And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
- Genesis 29:9And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.
- Genesis 29:10And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
- Genesis 29:11And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
- Genesis 29:12And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.
- Genesis 29:16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
- Genesis 29:17Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
- Genesis 29:18And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
- Genesis 29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
- Genesis 29:25And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
- Genesis 29:28And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
- Genesis 29:29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
- Genesis 29:30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
- Genesis 29:31And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
- Genesis 30:1And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
- Genesis 30:2And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
- Genesis 30:6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
- Genesis 30:7And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
- Genesis 30:8And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
- Genesis 30:14And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.