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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.
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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 - Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot, for she said, “Let me not look on the death of the child.” And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - They had gone only a short distance from the city. Now Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?[fn]

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:7 - Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the LORD would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:21 - If the place that the LORD your God will choose to put his name there is too far from you, then you may kill any of your herd or your flock, which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your towns whenever you desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:24 - And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, when the LORD your God blesses you, because the place is too far from you, which the LORD your God chooses, to set his name there,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:22 - When they had gone a distance from the home of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house were called out, and they overtook the people of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:4 - His children are far from safety;
they are crushed in the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
and let not injustice dwell in your tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:21 - withdraw your hand far from me,
and let not dread of you terrify me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:13 - “He has put my brothers far from me,
and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16 - Behold, is not their prosperity 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 Box Job 22:23

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 - They abhor me; they keep aloof from me;
they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 - Be not far from me,
for trouble is near,
and 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 off!
O you my help, come quickly to my aid!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:22 - You have seen, O LORD; be not silent!
O Lord, be not 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 - yes, I would wander far away;
I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:8 - You have caused my companions to shun me;
you have made me a horror[fn] to them.
I am shut in so that I cannot escape;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:18 - You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me;
my companions have become darkness.[fn]

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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 does he remove our transgressions from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:17 - He loved to curse; let curses come[fn] upon him!
He did not delight in blessing; may it be far[fn] from him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:150

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:150 - They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose;
they are far from your law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:24 - Put away from you crooked speech,
and put devious talk far from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:8 - Keep 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 a poor man’s brothers hate him;
how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5 - Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:15 - Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that is needful for me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:12 - and the LORD removes people far away,
and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:15

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:13 - And the Lord said:
“Because this people draw near with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:13 - I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off,
and my salvation will not delay;
I will put salvation in Zion,
for Israel my glory.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:19 - “Surely your waste and your desolate places
and your devastated land—
surely now you will be too narrow for your 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,
and righteousness does not overtake us;
we hope for light, and behold, darkness,
and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:5 - Thus says the LORD:
“What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:10 - For it is a lie that they are prophesying to you, with the result that you will be removed far from your land, and I will drive you out, and you will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:16 - “For these things I weep;
my eyes flow with tears;
for a comforter is far from me,
one to revive my spirit;
my children are desolate,
for the enemy has prevailed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:6 - And he said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:15 - “Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, your kinsmen,[fn] the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far from the LORD; to us this land is given for a possession.’

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