Strong’s H7543 · Hebrew

רָקַח
râqach
raw-kakh'

Definition

to perfume

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • apothecary
  • compound
  • make (ointment)
  • prepare
  • spice

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.