Rechem רֶ֫חֶם

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Rechem (Hebrew רֶ֫חֶם, Strong's H7358) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “womb”. It occurs 26 times in 25 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) womb
1a) womb
1b) womb-man, woman-slave, woman, two women

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	womb (20), matrix (5), wombs (1)
BSB	womb (16), her womb (4), wombs (2), birth (2)

Every verse with Rechem, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis 20:18
For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
Genesis 29:31
And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
Genesis 30:22
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

Exodus 13:2
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
Exodus 13:12
That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord’s.you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.
Exodus 13:15
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’
Exodus 34:19
All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.

Numbers 3:12
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,
Numbers 8:16
For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.
Numbers 12:12
Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
Numbers 18:15
Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.

1 Samuel 1:5
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.
1 Samuel 1:6
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.

Job 3:11
Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
Job 10:18
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
Job 24:20
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
Job 31:15
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
Job 38:8
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

Psalm 22:10
I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.
Psalm 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
Psalm 110:3
Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah 20:17
Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.
Jeremiah 20:18
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?

Hosea 9:14
Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.Give them, O LORD— what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).