Genesis 18:7
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
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Tender
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James 5:11
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
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Genesis
33 verses
Deuteronomy
33 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
2 Kings
11 verses
1 Chronicles
22 verses
2 Chronicles
11 verses
Job
22 verses
Psalms
1010 verses
Proverbs
33 verses
Song of Solomon
33 verses
Isaiah
22 verses
Ezekiel
11 verses
Daniel
33 verses
Matthew
11 verses
Mark
11 verses
Luke
11 verses
James
11 verses
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רַךְ
rak · rak
9 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
Strong's KJV usage: faint((-hearted), soft, tender ((-hearted), one), weak.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 18:7Strong's last: Isaiah 47:1
Open full H7390 profile →ἀπαλός
apalós · ap-al-os'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
soft
Strong's KJV usage: :--tender.
Strong's first: Matthew 24:32Strong's last: Mark 13:28
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râkak · raw-kak'
2 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: (be) faint(-hearted), mollify, (be, make) soft(-er), be tender.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 22:19Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 34:27
Open full H7401 profile →σπλάγχνον
splánchnon · splangkh'-non
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
an intestine (plural); figuratively, pity or sympathy
Strong's KJV usage: :--bowels, inward affection, + tender mercy.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 1:78Strong's last: Luke 1:78
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Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
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Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
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<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.>> Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
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Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
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Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
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O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
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Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
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Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
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Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
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The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
English meaning and historical usage.
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tender
TEND'ER, noun [from tend.] One that attends or takes care of; a nurse.
1. A small vessel employed to attend a larger one for supplying her with provisions and other stores, or to convey intelligence and the like.
2. In law, an offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture which would be incurred by non-payment or non-performance; as the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note or bond with interest. To constitute a legal tender such money must be offered as the law prescribes; the offer of bank notes is not a legal tender So also the tender must be at the time and place where the rent or debt ought to be paid, and it must be to the full amount due.
There is also a tender of issue in pleadings, a tender of an oath, etc.
3. Any offer for acceptance. The gentleman made me a tender of his services.
4. The thing offered. This money is not a legal tender
5. Regard; kind concern. [Not in use.]
TEND'ER, verb transitive [Latin tendo.]
1. To offer in words; or to exhibit or present for acceptance.
All conditions, all minds tender down
Their service to lord Timon.
2. To hold; to esteem.
Tender yourself more dearly. [Not in use.]
3. To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, for saving a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt.
TEN'DER, adjective [Latin tener; allied probably to thin, Latin tenuis.]
1. Soft; easily impressed, broken, bruised or injured; not firm or hard; as tender plants; tender flesh; tender grapes. Deuteronomy 32:2. Song of Solomon 2:13.
2. Very sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our faces.
3. Delicate; effeminate; not hardy or able to endure hardship.
The tender and delicate woman among you. Deuteronomy 28:54.
4. Weak; feeble; as tender age. Genesis 33:13.
5. Young and carefully educated. Proverbs 9:1.
6. Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; easily affected by the distresses of another, or anxious for another's good; as the tender kindness of the church; a tender heart.
7. Compassionate; easily excited to pity, forgiveness or favor.
The Lord is pitiful, and of tender mercy. James 5:11.
Luke 1:78.
8. Exciting kind concern.
I love Valentine;
His life's as tender to me as his soul.
9. Expressive of the softer passions; as a tender strain.
10. Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; with of. Be tender of your neighbor's reputation.
The civil authority should be tender of the honor of God and religion.
11. Gentle; mild; unwilling to pain.
You that are so tender o'er his follies,
Will never do him good.
12. Apt to give pain; as, that is a tender subject; things that are tender and unpleasing.
13. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; pathetic; as tender expressions; tender expostulations.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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