Merchav מֶרְחָב
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| מֶרְחָב | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | merchav |
| Strong's number | H4800 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | broad |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (3) |
Merchav (Hebrew מֶרְחָב, Strong's H4800) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “broad”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
broad or roomy place, wide, expanses
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | place (4), room (1), breadth (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | into the open (2), open (1), free (1), open meadow (1), through the breadth (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Merchav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 22:20He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
Psalms
- Psalm 18:19He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
- Psalm 31:8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
- Psalm 118:5I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
Hosea
- Hosea 4:16For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 1:6For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans— that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).