Rachaq רָחַק
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| רָחַק | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | rachaq |
| Strong's number | H7368 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to remove |
| Occurrences | 57 in 55 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (11) |
Rachaq (Hebrew רָחַק, Strong's H7368) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to remove”. It occurs 57 times in 55 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
v
1) to be or become far, be or become distant, be removed, go far away
1a) (Qal) to be far, be distant
1b) (Piel) to send far away, extend
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make or exhibit distance, be gone far
1c2) to remove, put far away
2) (Niphal) loose
v inf (as adv)
3) at a distance
1) to be or become far, be or become distant, be removed, go far away
1a) (Qal) to be far, be distant
1b) (Piel) to send far away, extend
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make or exhibit distance, be gone far
1c2) to remove, put far away
2) (Niphal) loose
v inf (as adv)
3) at a distance
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | far (38), off (9), away (7), removed (4), very (1), go (1), way (1), withdraw (1), put (1), remove (1), refrain (1) |
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| BSB | far (10), far away (3), are far (2), i stay far (2), you have removed (2), away (1), very far (1), stay far away (1), distance (1), is too far (1), is too far away (1), far upstream (1), and 31 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Rachaq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 21:16And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.
- Genesis 44:4And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
Exodus
- Exodus 8:28And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
- Exodus 23:7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
- Exodus 33:7And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 12:21If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.
- Deuteronomy 14:24And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee:But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,
Joshua
- Joshua 3:16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
- Joshua 8:4And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
Judges
- Judges 18:22And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.
Job
- Job 5:4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
- Job 11:14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
- Job 13:21Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
- Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
- Job 21:16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
- Job 22:18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
- Job 22:23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
- Job 30:10They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
Psalms
- Psalm 22:11Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
- Psalm 22:19But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
- Psalm 35:22This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
- Psalm 38:21Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
- Psalm 55:7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
- Psalm 71:12O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.
- Psalm 88:8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
- Psalm 88:18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
- Psalm 103:12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
- Psalm 109:17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
- Psalm 119:150They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 4:24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
- Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
- Proverbs 19:7All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.All the brothers of a poor man hate him— how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
- Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
- Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- Proverbs 30:8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 3:5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
Isaiah
- Isaiah 6:12And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken.
- Isaiah 26:15Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.
- Isaiah 29:13Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
- Isaiah 46:13I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.
- Isaiah 49:19For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.
- Isaiah 54:14In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
- Isaiah 59:9Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
- Isaiah 59:11We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 2:5Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
- Jeremiah 27:10For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 1:16For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 8:6He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
- Ezekiel 11:15Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the Lord: unto us is this land given in possession.“Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
- Ezekiel 11:16Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’
- Ezekiel 43:9Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.
- Ezekiel 44:10And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
Joel
- Joel 2:20But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.
- Joel 3:6The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
Micah
- Micah 7:11In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.The day for rebuilding your walls will come— the day for extending your boundary.
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).