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Lexicon :: Strong's H7368 - rāḥaq

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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
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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 44:4 - When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Get up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:28 - So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Intercede for me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - “Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:7 - Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the LORD went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - “If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter from your herd and from your flock which the LORD has given you, just as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your gates as much as your heart desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:24 - “But if the journey is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, or if the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, when the LORD your God has blessed you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away at Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan. So the waters that went down into the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:4 - And he commanded them, saying: “Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:22 - When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:4 - His sons are far from safety,
They are crushed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away,
And would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:21 - Withdraw Your hand far from me,
And let not the dread of You make me afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:13 - “He has removed my brothers far from me,
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16 - Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand;
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:18 - Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:23 - If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;
You will remove iniquity far from your tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 - They abhor me, they keep far from me;
They do not hesitate to spit in my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 - Be not far from Me,
For trouble is near;
For there is none to help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:19 - But You, O LORD, do not be far from Me;
O My Strength, hasten to help Me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:22 - This You have seen, O LORD;
Do not keep silence.
O Lord, do not be far from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:21 - Do not forsake me, O LORD;
O my God, be not far from me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:7 - Indeed, I would wander far off,
And remain in the wilderness. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:12 - O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:8 - You have put away my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an abomination to them;
I am shut up, and I cannot get out;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:18 - Loved one and friend You have put far from me,
And my acquaintances into darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:12 - As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:17 - As he loved cursing, so let it come to him;
As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:150

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:150 - They draw near who follow after wickedness;
They are far from Your law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:24 - Put away from you a deceitful mouth,
And put perverse lips far from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:8 - Remove your way far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:7 - All the brothers of the poor hate him;
How much more do his friends go far from him!
He may pursue them with words, yet they abandon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5 - Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:15 - Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of correction will drive it far from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - Remove falsehood and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches—
Feed me with the food allotted to me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:5 - A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones; A time to embrace,
And a time to refrain from embracing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed,[fn]
Or the golden bowl is broken,
Or the pitcher shattered at the fountain,
Or the wheel broken at the well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:12 - The LORD has removed men far away,
And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:15 - You have increased the nation, O LORD,
You have increased the nation;
You are glorified;
You have expanded all the borders of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:13 - Therefore the Lord said:

“Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
And honor Me with their lips,
But have removed their hearts far from Me,
And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:13 - I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off;
My salvation shall not linger.
And I will place salvation in Zion,
For Israel My glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - “For your waste and desolate places,
And the land of your destruction,
Will even now be too small for the inhabitants;
And those who swallowed you up will be far away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:14 - In righteousness you shall be established;
You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
And from terror, for it shall not come near you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - Therefore justice is far from us,
Nor does righteousness overtake us;
We look for light, but there is darkness!
For brightness, but we walk in blackness!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 - We all growl like bears,
And moan sadly like doves;
We look for justice, but there is none;
For salvation, but it is far from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:5 - Thus says the LORD:

“What injustice have your fathers found in Me,
That they have gone far from Me,
Have followed idols,
And have become idolaters?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:10 - ‘For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and I will drive you out, and you will perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:16 - “For these things I weep;
My eye, my eye overflows with water;
Because the comforter, who should restore my life,
Is far from me.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy prevailed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:6 - Furthermore He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, to make Me go far away from My sanctuary? Now turn again, you will see greater abominations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:15 - “Son of man, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Get far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’

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