מֶרְחָק (merḥāq) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning distant place. It appears
17 times
in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4801).
Also rendered
distance
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2151c)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2151c)distant place, distance; remoteness, distant, from afar; far
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מֶרְחָקnoun, masculine: distant place, distance
Strong's H4801מֶרְחָק: remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar KJV:(a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also H1023.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 2151: רָחַקrāḥaq — be, become, far, distant; send far away; make, exhibit, distance, be gone for, remove, put far away; widen, recede; loose, very, a good way