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Lexicon :: Strong's H7368 - rāḥaq

Aa
רָחַק
Transliteration
rāḥaq
Pronunciation
raw-khak'
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Part of Speech
verb, infinitive verb (as an adverb)
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2151

Strong’s Definitions

רָחַק râchaq, raw-khak'; a primitive root; to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation):—(a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, × refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x

The KJV translates Strong's H7368 in the following manner: ...far (36x), ...off (9x), ...away (7x), remove (5x), good way (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x
The KJV translates Strong's H7368 in the following manner: ...far (36x), ...off (9x), ...away (7x), remove (5x), good way (1x).
verb

  1. 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

  2. (Niphal) loose

    infinitive verb (as an adverb)

  3. at a distance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָחַק râchaq, raw-khak'; a primitive root; to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation):—(a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, × refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
STRONGS H7368: Abbreviations
† רָחַק verb be, or become, far, distant (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian especially adjective rûḳu, far; compare Arabic bdb093409 choice wine (i.e. from a distance) Frä158; Ethiopic bdb093410 be far, Sabean רחק CISiv, nos. 95, 98; Aramaic רְחֵיק, רְחַק, and (often in derived species and derivatives) bdb093411); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ר׳ Isaiah 59:9; Lamentations 1:16, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְחַק Deuteronomy 12:21 +, etc.; Imperative feminine singular רַחֲקִי Isaiah 54:14, masculine plural רַחֲקוּ Ezekiel 11:15 < Perfect רָֽחֲקוּ Ra Hi Sm Co Toy Krae; Infinitive construct רְחֹק Psalm 103:12; Ecclesiastes 3:5, לְרָֽחֳקָה Ezekiel 8:6; — be far, distant: with מִן person, of place Deuteronomy 12:21; Deuteronomy 14:24, of person, = neglect, abandon, Proverbs 19:7, especially in Psalms, of י׳, Psalm 22:12; Psalm 22:20 (מִן person omitted), Psalm 35:22; Psalm 38:22; Psalm 71:12; of utter absence, or non-existence Lamentations 1:16, compare Isaiah 49:19 (absolute), subject justice Isaiah 59:9 (opposed to הִשִּׂיג), compare Isaiah 59:11 (|| אַיִן), subject blessing Psalm 109:17; subject עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים Job 21:16, 18; with מֵעַל person (י׳), of Israel (figurative) Jeremiah 2:5, compare Ezekiel 44:10; = far from (land of) י׳ Ezekiel 11:15 (see above; Krae insert אֶרֶץ); with מֵעַל location Ezekiel 8:6 (of י׳), מִן local (east from west) Psalm 103:12; with מִן of thing (figurative): תּוֺרָֽתְךָ Psalm 119:150 (opposed to קרב); מִיֶּשַׁע Job 5:14, מֵעשֶׁק Isaiah 54:14, compare Proverbs 22:5; = wholly abstain from Exodus 23:7 (E), so (מִן infinitive) Ecclesiastes 3:5; absolute of י׳'s righteousness, with reference to time Isaiah 46:13 (|| אחר; opposed to קרב). — יִרְחַקחֹֿק Micah 7:11 boundary shall become distant, i.e. territory be enlarged (? corrupt, compare We Now); ירחק חֶבֶל הַכֶּסֶף Kt Ecclesiastes 12:6 be removed ? Qr יֵרָתֵק be joined ? Greek Version of the LXX ἀνατραπῇ, Vulgate rumpatur, compare Syriac Version, read probably יִנָּתֵק Pfannk Thes Ew De Siegf BuhlLex.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular רִחַק Isaiah 6:12, of י׳, send far away, accusative of person; of people, לִבּוֺ ר׳ Isaiah 29:13, with מִן of י׳; 2nd person masculine singular רִחַקְתָּ Isaiah 26:15 thou hast far extended (with accusative) all the ends (boundaries) of the land; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יְרַחֲקוּ אֶתוְֿנוּתָם Ezekiel 43:9.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִרְחִיק Job 19:13; Psalm 103:12, 1st person singular suffix הִרְחַקְתִּים Ezekiel 11:16, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַרְחִיקֶנָּה Proverbs 22:15, 2nd person masculine singular תַּרְחִיק Job 22:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַרְחֵק Proverbs 4:24 + 2 times, הַרְחַ֑ק Job 13:21, suffix הַרְחִיקֵהוּ Job 11:14; Infinitive absolute הַרְחֵק Genesis 21:16 +, construct הַרְחִיק Jeremiah 27:10, suffix הַרְחִיקָם Joel 4:6; —
1. direct causation make, or exhibit, distance, be gone far, subject person: Genesis 44:4 (J), with מִן local Joshua 8:4 (JE), Judges 18:22; followed by infinitive construct לָלֶכֶת הַרְחֵק לֹא תַר׳ Exodus 8:24 (J), compare Psalm 55:8, Infinitive absolute as adverb = at a distance Genesis 21:16 (E), with מִן local Exodus 33:7 (E), Joshua 3:16 (J E; הַר׳ מְאֹד מִן, Qr; > Kt ב for מן).
2. indirect causation remove, put far away, with accusative of person + מֵעַל of land Jeremiah 27:10, compare Joel 4:6, + מֵעַל person Job 19:13 and (accusative הַצְּפוֺנִי) Joel 2:20, + מִן person Psalm 88:9; Psalm 88:19; + בַּגּוֺיִם Ezekiel 11:16; with accusative כַּף + מֵעַל person Job 13:21, with accusative דֶּרֶךְ + id. Proverbs 5:8; with accusative of sin + מִן person Proverbs 4:24; Job 11:14 (מִן person omitted); Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 30:8; Psalm 103:12; + מִן local Job 22:23.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:16; 21:16; 44:4

Exodus

8:24; 23:7; 33:7

Deuteronomy

12:21; 12:21; 14:24

Joshua

3:16; 8:4

Judges

18:22

Job

5:14; 11:14; 11:14; 13:21; 13:21; 19:13; 19:13; 21:16; 21:18; 22:23; 22:23

Psalms

22:12; 22:20; 35:22; 38:22; 55:8; 71:12; 88:9; 103:12; 103:12; 103:12; 103:12; 109:17; 119:150

Proverbs

4:24; 4:24; 5:8; 19:7; 22:5; 22:15; 22:15; 30:8

Ecclesiastes

3:5; 3:5; 12:6

Isaiah

6:12; 26:15; 29:13; 46:13; 49:19; 54:14; 54:14; 59:9; 59:9; 59:11

Jeremiah

2:5; 27:10; 27:10

Lamentations

1:16; 1:16

Ezekiel

8:6; 8:6; 11:15; 11:15; 11:16; 11:16; 43:9; 44:10

Joel

2:20

Micah

7:11

H7368

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Strong's Number H7368 matches the Hebrew רָחַק (rāḥaq),
which occurs 58 times in 56 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 21:16–Eze 11:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:28 - Then Pharaoh said, I will let you go to make an offering to the Lord your God in the waste land; but do not go very far away, and make prayer for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:7 - Now it was Moses' way to put up the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle, at some distance away; giving it the name of The Tent of meeting. And everyone desiring to make his prayer to the Lord went to the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - If the place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name is far away from you, then take from your herds and from your flocks which the Lord has given you, as I have said, and have a meal of it in the towns where you may be living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:24 - And if the way is so long that you are not able to take these things to the place marked out by the Lord your God for his name, when he has given you his blessing, because it is far away from you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:4 - And he gave them their orders, saying, Go and take up your position secretly at the back of the town: do not go very far away, and let all of you be ready:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:22 - When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:4 - Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:21 - Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:13 - He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16 - Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:18 - Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:23 - If you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 - I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 - Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:19 - Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:22 - You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be not far from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:21 - Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:7 - I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:12 - O God, be not far from me; O my God, come quickly to my help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:8 - You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:18 - You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:12 - As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our sins from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:17 - As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:150 - Those who have evil designs against me come near; they are far from your law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:24 - Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:8 - Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:7 - All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5 - Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:15 - Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:5 - A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Before ever the silver cord is cut, or the vessel of gold is broken, or the pot is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the water-hole;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:12 - And the Lord has taken men far away, and there are wide waste places in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:15 - You have made the nation great, O Lord, you have made it great; glory is yours: you have made wide the limits of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:13 - And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:13 - My righteousness is near, it is not far off; salvation will come quickly; and I will make Zion free, and give Israel my glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - For though the waste places of your land have been given to destruction, now you will not be wide enough for your people, and those who made you waste will be far away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:14 - All your rights will be made certain to you: have no fear of evil, and destruction will not come near you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 - We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:5 - These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:10 - For they say false words to you, so that you may be sent away far from your land, and so that you may be forced out by me and come to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:16 - For these things I am weeping; my eye is streaming with water; because the comforter who might give me new life is far from me: my children are made waste, because the hater is strong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:6 - And he said to me, Son of man, do you see what they are doing? even the very disgusting things which the children of Israel are doing here, causing me to go far away from my holy place? but you will see other most disgusting things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:15 - Son of man, your countrymen, your relations, and all the children of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the people of Jerusalem have said, Go far from the Lord; this land is given to us for a heritage:

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