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HebrewH7368Verb

רָחַק

ra.chaq

47Occurrences
H7368Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
v 1) to be or become far, be or become distant, be removed, go far away 1a) (Qal) to be far, be distant 1b) (Piel) to send far away, extend 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make or exhibit distance, be gone far 1c2) to remove, put far away 2) (Niphal) loose v inf (as adv) 3) at a distance

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

רָחַק appears 47 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
8
Job
8
Proverbs
6
Ezk
5
Psalms
5
Deuteronomy
2
Exodus
2
Genesis
2

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 12:21BSB

If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.

Ezk 8:6BSB

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Isaiah 59:11BSB

We all growl like bearsand moan like doves.We hope for justice, but find none,for salvation, but it is far from us.

Job 22:18BSB

But it was He who filled their houses with good things;so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

Proverbs 19:7BSB

All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him!He may pursue them with pleading,but they are nowhere to be found.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.