H7368 רָחַק
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 66 KJV occurrences
רָחַק
râchaq · raw-khak'
Definition
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
KJV Renderings
(a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 66)
- 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.
- 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.
- Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
- Psalms 22:19But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
- Psalms 103:12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
- Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- 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.
- 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.