Strong's Lexicon

H7368

H7368 — רָחַק

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewrachaqverbOccurrences: 58TWOT: 2151

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H7368
Word:רָחַק
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:58
Transliteration:rachaq
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:raw-khak'
Meaning:1. to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
KJV Renderings:(a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).

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BDB7883

רָחַק verb be, or become, far, distant (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian especially adjective rû‡u , far; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 5042] choice wine (i.e. from a distance) Frä158 ; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 5043] be far, Sabean רחק CISiv, nos. 95, 98; Aramaic רְחֵיק, רְחַק, and (often in derived species and derivatives) [untranscribed source text 5044]); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ ר Isa 59:9; Lam 1:16, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִרְחַק Deut 12:21 +, etc.; Imperative feminine singular רַחֲקִי Isa 54:14, masculine plural רַחֲקוּ Ezek 11:15 < Perfect רָֽחֲקוּ Ra Hi Sm Co Toy Krae; Infinitive construct רְחֹק Ps 103:12; Eccl 3:5, לְרָֽחֳקָה Ezek 8:6 — be far, distant: with מִן person, of place Deut 12:21; Deut 14:24, of person, = neglect, abandon, Prov 19:7 , especially in Psalms, of ׳ י, Ps 22:12; Ps 22:20 (מִן person omitted), Ps 35:22; Ps 38:22; Ps 71:12 of utter absence, or non-existence Lam 1:16, compare Isa 49:19 (absolute), subject justice Isa 59:9 (opposed to הִשִּׂיג), compare Isa 59:11 (|| אַיִן ), subject blessing Ps 109:17 subject עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים Job 21:16; Job 21:18 with מֵעַל person (׳ י), of Israel (figurative) Jer 2:5, compare Ezek 44:10 = far from (land of) ׳ י Ezek 11:15 (see above; Krae insert אֶרֶץ); with מֵעַל location Ezek 8:6 (of ׳ י), מִן local (east from west) Ps 103:12 with מִן of thing (figurative): תּוֺרָֽתְךָ Ps 119:150 (opposed to קרב); מִיֶּשַׁע Job 5:14, מֵעשֶׁק Isa 54:14, compare Prov 22:5 = wholly abstain from Exod 23:7 ( E ), so (מִן infinitive) Eccl 3:5 absolute of ׳ י's righteousness, with reference to time Isa 46:13 (|| אחר; opposed to קרב ). — יִרְחַקחֹֿק Mic 7:11 boundary shall become distant, i.e. territory be enlarged (? corrupt, compare We Now); ירחק חֶבֶל הַכֶּסֶף Kt Eccl 12:6 be removed ? Qr יֵרָתֵק be joined ? ᵐ5 ἀνατραπῇ, ᵑ9 rumpatur, compare ᵑ6 , read probably יִנָּתֵק Pfannk Thes Ew De Siegf BuhlLex.
Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular רִחַק Isa 6:12, of ׳ י, send far away, accusative of person; of people, ׳ לִבּוֺ ר Isa 29:13, with מִן of ׳ י; 2 masculine singular רִחַקְתָּ Isa 26:15 thou hast far extended (with accusative) all the ends (boundaries) of the land; Imperfect 3 masculine plural יְרַחֲקוּ אֶתוְֿנוּתָם Ezek 43:9.
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular הִרְחִיק Job 19:13; Ps 103:12 , 1 singular suffix הִרְחַקְתִּים Ezek 11:16 , etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יַרְחִיקֶנָּה Prov 22:15 , 2 masculine singular תַּרְחִיק Job 22:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַרְחֵק Prov 4:24 + 2 t., הַרְחַ֑ק Job 13:21, suffix הַרְחִיקֵהוּ Job 11:14 Infinitive absolute הַרְחֵק Gen 21:16 +, construct הַרְחִיק Jer 27:10, suffix הַרְחִיקָם Joel 4:6 —
1. direct causation make, or exhibit, distance, be gone far , subject person: Gen 44:4 ( J ), with מִן local Josh 8:4 ( J E ), Judg 18:22 followed by infinitive construct לָלֶכֶת ׳ הַרְחֵק לֹא תַר Exod 8:24 ( J ), compare Ps 55:8, Infinitive absolute as adverb = at a distance Gen 21:16 ( E ), with מִן local Exod 33:7 ( E ), Josh 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 Jer 27:10, compare Joel 4:6, + מֵעַל person Job 19:13 and (accusative הַצְּפוֺנִי) Joel 2:20, + מִן person Ps 88:9; Ps 88:19 + בַּגּוֺיִם Ezek 11:16 with accusative כַּף + מֵעַל person Job 13:21, with accusative דֶּרֶךְ + id. Prov 5:8 with accusative of sin + מִן person Prov 4:24; Job 11:14 (מִן person omitted); Prov 22:15 ; Prov 30:8; Ps 103:12 + מִן local Job 22:23.


BDB9901

רחק (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew רחק, רָחוֺק).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חק (g’h)

Genesis 47:22

KJV: Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.priests: or, princes
EHCC: for the priests had a portion

Exodus 5:14

KJV: And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
EHCC: have ye not fulfilled your tack

Exodus 12:24

KJV: And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
EHCC: observe this thing for an ordinance

Exodus 15:25

KJV: And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
EHCC: there he made for them a atatute

Exodus 18:16

KJV: When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.one…: Heb. a man and his fellow
EHCC: 1 do make (them) know the statutes of

Exodus 29:28

KJV: And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord.
EHCC: Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever

Exodus 30:21

KJV: So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
EHCC: it shall be a statute for ever

Leviticus 6:18

KJV: All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
EHCC: 11 (.4 statute for ever in your

Leviticus 7:34

KJV: For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.
EHCC: unto his sons by a Csi pin

Leviticus 10:11

KJV: And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
EHCC: all the statutes which the bath |

Leviticus 4:9

KJV: And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away,
EHCC: ire by a perpetual statute,

Leviticus 26:46

KJV: These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
EHCC: " These (re) the statutes and judgmeots

Numbers 18:8

KJV: And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
EHCC: by an ordinance for ever.

Numbers 90:16

EHCC: (17).the statutes, which the Lord com-

Deuteronomy 4:1

KJV: Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.
EHCC: hearken, O Israel, unto the statules

Deuteronomy 6:1

KJV: Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:go: Heb. pass over
EHCC: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and i

Deuteronomy 7:11

KJV: Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
EHCC: the commandments, and the states,

Deuteronomy 11:32

KJV: And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.
EHCC: observe to do all the statutes

Deuteronomy 12:1

KJV: These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
EHCC: These (are) the statutes and judgments,

Deuteronomy 16:12

KJV: And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
EHCC: thou shalt observe and do these stateia

Deuteronomy 17:19

KJV: And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
EHCC: words of this law and these statutes,

Deuteronomy 26:16

KJV: This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
EHCC: commanded thee to do these salutes

Deuteronomy 97:10

EHCC: bis commandments and his statutes,

Joshua 24:25

KJV: So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
EHCC: set them 4 statute and an ordinance

Judges 11:89

EHCC: was a custom in Israel, (marg. ordinance)

Judges 154:90

EHCC: 95, that he made it a statute

1 Kings 3:14

KJV: And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
EHCC: keep my statutes and my commandments,

1 Kings 6:58

EHCC: commandments, and his statutes,

1 Kings 9:4

KJV: And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
EHCC: wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

1 Kings 92:13

EHCC: to fulfil the statutes and judgments

1 Kings 29:19

EHCC: thy testimonies, and thy statutes,

1 Kings 19:10

KJV: And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
EHCC: statudes and judgments,

1 Kings 9:13

KJV: And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.Cabul: that is, displeasing, or, dirty
EHCC: good statutes and commandments:

1 Kings 10:24

KJV: And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.sought to: Heb. sought the face of
EHCC: 30). his judgments and his statutes;

Job 14:5

KJV: Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
EHCC: thou hast appointed Ais bounds that he

Job 26:10

KJV: He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.until…: Heb. until the end of light with darkness
EHCC: compassed the waters with bounds,

Job 23:26

EHCC: When he made a decree

Job 38:10

KJV: And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,brake…: or, established my decree upon it
EHCC: brake up for it my decreed (place),

Psalms 2:1

KJV: Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?rage: or, tumultuously assembleimagine: Heb. meditate
EHCC: ד will declare the decree:

Psalms 50:16

KJV: But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
EHCC: What hast thou to do to declare my statutes,

Psalms 81:4

KJV: For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
EHCC: (3). this (was) a statute for Israel,

Psalms 94:20

KJV: Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
EHCC: which frameth mischief by a law?

Psalms 99:7

KJV: He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
EHCC: הם. the ordinance (that) he gave

Psalms 105:10

KJV: And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
EHCC: the same unto Jacob for a law,

Psalms 119:5

KJV: O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
EHCC: ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

Psalms 8:1

KJV: To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
EHCC: will keep thy statutes:

Psalms 48:1

KJV: A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.for: or, of
EHCC: will meditate in thy statutes,

Psalms 117:1

KJV: O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
EHCC: will have respect unto thy statutes

Psalms 118:11

KJV: They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
EHCC: them that err from thy statutes:

Psalms 165:1

EHCC: will keep thy statutes,

Psalms 147:19

KJV: He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.his word: Heb. his words
EHCC: Ais statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

Psalms 145:6

KJV: And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.declare: Heb. declare it
EHCC: סמ hath made a decree

Proverbs 8:29

KJV: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
EHCC: When he gave to the sea his decree,

Proverbs 30:8

KJV: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:convenient…: Heb. of my allowance
EHCC: feed me with food convenient for me:

Proverbs 31:15

KJV: She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
EHCC: and a portion to her maidens.

Proverbs 14:5

KJV: A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
EHCC: 14,opened her mouth without measure:

Proverbs 31:36

EHCC: If those ordinances depart

Proverbs 32:11

EHCC: sealed (according) to the law and custom,

Ezekiel 11:12

KJV: And ye shall know that I am the Lord: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.for ye…: or, which have not walked
EHCC: for ye have not walked in my statutes,

Ezekiel 16:27

KJV: Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.daughters: or, cities
EHCC: have diminished thine ordinary (food),

Ezekiel 20:18

KJV: But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
EHCC: Walk ye not in the statutes of

Ezekiel 36:27

KJV: And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
EHCC: cause you to walk in my statutes,

Ezekiel 45:14

KJV: Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:
EHCC: Concerning the ordinance of oil,

Amos 2:4

KJV: Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
EHCC: and have not kept Ais commandments,

Malachi 3:7

KJV: Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
EHCC: ye are gone away from mine ordinances,

Malachi 4:4

KJV: Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
EHCC: (3:22). the statutes and judgments,
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