Hebrew word study

רָחַקrâchaq — to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede…

Pronounced “raw-khak'”

to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)

Translated in the King James as: (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).

Appears 58 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 2×

Genesis 21:16 Genesis 44:4

Exodus — 4×

Exodus 8:28 Exodus 23:7 Exodus 33:7+ 1 more in Exodus

Deuteronomy — 2×

Deuteronomy 12:21 Deuteronomy 14:24

Joshua — 2×

Joshua 3:16 Joshua 8:4

Judges — 1×

Judges 18:22

Job — 8×

Job 5:4 Job 11:14 Job 13:21 Job 19:13 Job 21:16 Job 22:18 Job 22:23 Job 30:10

Psalms — 12×

Psalms 22:11 Psalms 22:19 Psalms 35:22 Psalms 38:21 Psalms 55:7 Psalms 71:12 Psalms 88:8 Psalms 88:18 Psalms 103:12 Psalms 109:17 Psalms 119:150+ 1 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 6×

Proverbs 4:24 Proverbs 5:8 Proverbs 19:7 Proverbs 22:5 Proverbs 22:15 Proverbs 30:8

Ecclesiastes — 2×

Eccles 3:5 Eccles 12:6

Isaiah — 8×

Isaiah 6:12 Isaiah 26:15 Isaiah 29:13 Isaiah 46:13 Isaiah 49:19 Isaiah 54:14 Isaiah 59:9 Isaiah 59:11

Jeremiah — 2×

Jeremiah 2:5 Jeremiah 27:10

Lamentations — 1×

Lam 1:16

Ezekiel — 5×

Ezekiel 8:6 Ezekiel 11:15 Ezekiel 11:16 Ezekiel 43:9 Ezekiel 44:10

Joel — 2×

Joel 2:20 Joel 3:6

Micah — 1×

Micah 7:11

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