רָחַק

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

(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).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(v) to be or become far, be or become distant, be removed, go far away
• 2.(qal) to be far, be distant
• 3.(piel) to send far away, extend
• 4.(hiphil)
• 5.(niphal) loose
• 6.(v inf) (used as an adverb) at a distance

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: râchaq; Pronunciation: raw-khak'