BDB7885
רָחֹק, רָחוֺק adjective distant, far, and noun masculine Josh 3:4 distance (LagBN 31); — absolute רָחֹק Exod 2:4 +, רָחוֺק Ezek 6:12 +; feminine singular רְחֹקָה Deut 30:11 +, רְחוֺקָה Josh 9:6 +; masculine plural רְחֹקִים Deut 13:8 +, etc., feminine plural absolute רְחֹקוֺת Jer 48:24 +, etc.; — often opposed to קָרוֺב:
1.
adjective
a.
of space:
distant, land Josh 9:6; Josh 9:9 (+ מְאֹד), Deut 29:21; 1Kgs 8:41; 1Kgs 8:46 = 2Chr 6:32;
2Chr 6:36;
2Kgs 20:14
= Isa 39:3
, ׳
אִיִּים ר
Isa 66:19
+
perhaps Ps 65:6
(
Che
We read אִיִּם for יָם; Weir in
Che
גּוֺיִם;
ᵑ0
makes ׳
ר = distant ones, people); with מִן person, of peoples
Josh 9:22 (
J
E
), Judg 18:7
, persons
Ezek
22:5; Neh
4:13
; Prov
15:29
(׳
י, figurative), compare Jer 12:2 (id.,), cities Deut 20:15, so (מִן
local) Judg 18:28
absolute of people
Joel 4:8, persons Isa 33:13; Isa 57:19; Jer 25:26; Ezek 6:12; Zech 6:15; Prov 27:10; Dan 9:7; Esth 9:20,
cities Jer 48:24
, trees Ps 56:1
(title; see
יוֺנָה
near the end, p. 401), of distant journey Num 9:10 (
P
); figurative, רָחוֺק predicate (indefinite) Eccl 7:24, of ׳
י's מִצְוָה
Deut 30:11
with
מִן person (i.e. absent from, lacking to), of salvation Ps 119:155, wisdom Eccl 7:23 of
person with
מִן of act or quality Isa 46:12; Ps 22:2 of price, with מִן compare = far beyond
Prov 31:10
.
b. of time: לְעִתִּים רְחוֺקוֺת
Ezek 12:27
.
2.
noun masculine always singular:
a. of space: distance
Josh 3:4 (
D
); elsewhere with preposition: (1) ׳
מֵר
from a distance, with verbs implying motion, physical or mental: look Gen 24:4 (
E
) Gen
37:18
(
J
) Job 2:12
; Job
36:25
bring Deut
28:49; Isa
43:6; Isa
60:9
, compare
Jer
46:27 come Isa 49:12; Isa 60:4; Hab 1:8 hear Isa 49:1 smell Job 39:25 remember Jer 51:50 probably also worship
Exod 24:1 (
J
); (2) ׳
מֵר
at a distance (מִן
1.c.) Exod 2:4 (
E
),
Exod 20:18; Exod 20:21 (
E
; Gi Exod 20:15 Exod 20:18), 1Sam 26:13; 2Kgs 2:7; Isa 5:26; Isa 59:14
; Ps
38:12, compare ׳
אֱלֹהֵי מֵר
Jer 23:23
a God afar off (on construct of. Ges
«GKC:130a»§ 130a; < read ׳
אלהים ר
Gie, compare
ᵐ5
); (3) ׳
מֵר
to a distance (מִן
1.c.) Isa 22:3; Isa 23:7; Prov 7:19 (4) ׳
בְּר
at a distance
Ps 10:1
׳
עַדרֿ
to a distance
Mic 4:3
also with two prepp.: (5) ׳
לְמֵר
from (מִן
9.b.), Job 36:3; Job 39:29 (6) ׳
עַדמֵֿר (III. עַד I. 1 a) to a distance
Isa 57:9 + Neh 12:43
van d. H. (עַד omitted by
Baer
Gi); even (7) ׳
עַדלְֿמֵר (עַד III.) 2Chr 26:15;
Ezra 3:13.
b. of time, ׳
מֵר
long ago
Isa 22:11,
with noun = ancient, of long
standing
Isa 25:1
׳
לְמֵר
long ago
2Kgs 19:25
= Isa
37:26
from afar
2Sam 7:19 =
1Chr 17:17
.
Ps 139:2.