רָחַב
rāḥab
be wide
Strong's H7337VerbHebrewTWOT 2143

רָחַב (rāḥab) is a Hebrew verb meaning be wide. It appears 25 times in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7337).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2143)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2143)be, grow, wide, large; be widened, enlarged; broad, roomy, pasture; make large, enlarge; broaden; be an en- large, be an en- largeing, make room, make wide
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

רָחַב verb: be, grow, wide, large

Strong's H7337 רָחַב: to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
KJV:be an en-(make) large(-ing), make room, make (open) wide.

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.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 26:22Exodus 34:24Deuteronomy 19:8

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