Merchâb — H4800

Definition

masculine noun

enlargement, either literally (an open space, usually in a good sense), or figuratively (liberty)

1. broad or roomy place, wide, expanses

Usually translated as

large place, breadth

Origin

from H7337

• Derived from Râchab (H7337)

Occurrences

Merchâb occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), Psalms (3), Hosea (1), Habakkuk (1)

• 2 Samuel 22:20 — He brought me forth also into a large place (לַמֶּרְחָ֖ב): he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
• Psalms 18:19 — He brought me forth also into a large place (לַמֶּרְחָ֑ב); he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
• Psalms 31:8 — And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room (בַמֶּרְחָ֣ב).
• Psalms 118:5 — I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place (בַמֶּרְחָ֣ב).
• Hosea 4:16 — For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place (בַּמֶּרְחָֽב).
• Habakkuk 1:6 — For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth (לְמֶרְחֲבֵי) of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.