רָחָב rachav
Hebrew word for “broad” · Strong’s H7342 · used 21 times in 21 verses
Meaning
broad, wide; Also means: ra.chav (רָחָב ": arrogant" H7342I)
Senses in the lexicon
- broad: wide (17)
- Broad (2)
- broad: arrogant (2)
How it is translated
Glosses given for rachav in context, with how often each is used:
- broad 12
- wide 4
- person arrogant 2
- spacious 1
- extensive 1
- broad place 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nehemiah | 5 | 0.9 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 119 (2), Genesis 34 (1), Exodus 3 (1), Judges 18 (1), 1 Chronicles 4 (1), Nehemiah 3 (1), Nehemiah 4 (1), Nehemiah 7 (1), Nehemiah 9 (1), Nehemiah 12 (1)
Forms
- רחבת 5
- הרחבה 4
- ורחבה 3
- ורחב 3
- רחב 2
- ברחבה 1
- רחבה 1
- רחבי 1
- והרחבה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with rachav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חוֹמָה chomah “wall” 4
- שָׁם sham “there” 5
- שָׁמֵן shamen “rich” 2
- גָּבֹהַּ gavoah “high” 2
- מָקוֹם maqom “place” 3
- בָּטַח batach “to trust” 2
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 3
- מִן־ min “from” 3
- נוּ nu “us” 2
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 3
- יָם yam “sea” 2
- טוֹב tov “pleasant” 2
Key verses
The verses using rachav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 3:8 — And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing…
- Judges 18:10 — When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is…
- Nehemiah 9:35 — For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them,…
- Psalms 101:5 — Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
- Psalms 104:25 — So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
- Psalms 119:45 — And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
- Psalms 119:96 — I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. מ MEM.
- Proverbs 21:4 — An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
- Proverbs 28:25 — He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
- Isaiah 33:21 — But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
- Jeremiah 51:58 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in…
- Ezekiel 23:32 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
See all 21 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.