Râchaq — H7368

H7368 · Hebrew — רחק

Pronunciation: raw-khak'

Definition

verb

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

  1. v
  2. to be or become far, be or become distant, be removed, go far away
    1. (Qal) to be far, be distant
    2. (Piel) to send far away, extend
    3. (Hiphil)
      1. to make or exhibit distance, be gone far
      2. to remove, put far away
  3. (Niphal) loose
  4. v inf (as adv)
  5. at a distance

Usually translated as

far, a good way, afar, refrain, loose, very

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Râchaq occurs 57 times in 56 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (3), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (2), Judges (1), Job (8), Psalms (11), Proverbs (6), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (8), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (5), Joel (2), Micah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — R