רָחֹק rachoq

Hebrew word for “distant” · Strong’s H7350 · used 84 times in 84 verses

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Meaning

adj; 1) remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones;

How it is translated

Glosses given for rachoq in context, with how often each is used:

• distance 33
• distant 19
• far 11
• distant time 6
• far away 4
• distant land 3
• afar 2
• distant ones 2
• distant person 2
• people distant 1
• nations far off 1

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 9 (3), Exodus 20 (2), Judges 18 (2), 1 Kings 8 (2), 2 Chronicles 6 (2), Job 36 (2), Job 39 (2), Ecclesiastes 7 (2), Isaiah 22 (2), Isaiah 49 (2)

Forms

• מרחוק 23
• רחוקה 11
• מרחק 10
• רחוק 8
• למרחוק 8
• רחוקים 3
• הרחקים 2
• והרחקים 2
• רחקהׄ 1
• הרחקת 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with rachoq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• קָרֹב qarov “near” 15
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 12
• עָמַד amad “to stand” 8
• אָדָם adam “man” 8
• רָאָה raah “to see” 10
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 8
• שֵׁם shem “name” 8
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 7
• מָה mah “what?” 7
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 6
• קָצֶה qatseh “end” 4
• אַל al “not” 6

Key verses

The verses using rachoq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 28:49 — The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
• Psalms 22:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the…
• Psalms 65:5 — By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar…
• Isaiah 25:1 — O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
• Isaiah 49:1 — Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
• Isaiah 57:19 — I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
• Isaiah 60:9 — Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the…
• Isaiah 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and…
• Jeremiah 30:10 — Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of…
• Jeremiah 31:3 — The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
• Daniel 9:7 — O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto…
• Micah 4:3 — And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks:…

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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.