רָחַק
rāḥaq
be far
Strong's H7368VerbHebrewTWOT 2151

רָחַק (rāḥaq) is a Hebrew verb meaning be far. It appears 58 times in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7368).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2151)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2151)be, become, far, distant; send far away; make, exhibit, distance, be gone for, remove, put far away; widen, recede; loose, very, a good way
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

רָחַק verb: be, become, far, distant

Strong's H7368 רָחַק: to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
KJV:(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).

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 21:16Exodus 23:7Deuteronomy 14:24

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