noun · feminine
rachēl
GreekῬαχήλ (rachēl)
Strong’sG4478
Rachel
stem rachēl-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ῥαχήλ, ἡ indecl. (Heb. רָחֵל),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4478 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhrakh-ale'
Rachel, the wife of Jacob
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesRachel.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | rachēl1×Ῥαχὴλ | rachēl |
| object accusative | rachēl | rachēl |
| direct address vocative | rachēl | rachēl |
| of, belonging to genitive | rachēl | rachēl |
| to, for dative | rachēl | rachēl |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
rachēl“Rachel”subjectnominative singular1×
Matthew 2:18“Rachel”Fōnas en Rama akouita, klauthmos kai odurmos pollos; Rachēl klaiarōtas teim tekneim autau, kai ouk thelate parakalira hoti ouk alō.“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”