Strong's Hebrew #7368 - רָחַק rachaq (to be or become far or distant)

cast, drive, get, go, keep self, put, remove

A primitive root; to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation) -- (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).

1) to be or become far, be or become distant, be removed, go far away (verb)
1a) (Qal) to be far, be distant
1b) (Piel) to send far away, extend
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make or exhibit distance, be gone far
1c2) to remove, put far away
2) (Niphal) loose (verb)
3) at a distance (verbal infinitive [as adverb])
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2151

רָחַק verb be, or become, far, distant (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian especially adjective rû‡u, far; compare Arabic choice wine (i.e. from a distance) Frä¹⁵⁸; Ethiopic be far, Sabean רחק CIS^{iv, nos. 95, 98}; Aramaic רְחֵיק, רְחַק, and (often in derived species and derivatives) ); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ר Isaiah 59:9; Lamentations 1:16, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְחַק Deuteronomy 12:21 +, etc.; Imperative feminine singular רַחֲקִי Isaiah 54:14, masculine plural רַחֲקוּ Ezekiel 11:15 < Perfect רָֽחֲקוּ Ra Hi Sm Co Toy Krae; Infinitive construct רְחֹק Psalm 103:12; Ecclesiastes 3:5, לְרָֽחֳקָה Ezekiel 8:6; — be far, distant: with מִן person, of place Deuteronomy 12:21; Deuteronomy 14:24, of person, = neglect, abandon, Proverbs 19:7, especially in Psalms, of ׳י, Psalm 22:12; Psalm 22:20 (מִן person omitted), Psalm 35:22; Psalm 38:22; Psalm 71:12; of utter absence, or non-existence Lamentations 1:16, compare Isaiah 49:19 (absolute), subject justice Isaiah 59:9 (opposed to הִשִּׂיג), compare Isaiah 59:11 ("" אַיִן), subject blessing Psalm 109:17; subject עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים Job 21:16,18; with מֵעַל person (׳י), of Israel (figurative) Jeremiah 2:5, compare Ezekiel 44:10; = far from (land of) ׳י Ezekiel 11:15 (see above; Krae insert אֶרֶץ); with מֵעַל location Ezekiel 8:6 (of ׳י), מִן local (east from west) Psalm 103:12; with מִן of thing (figurative): תּוֺרָֽתְךָ Psalm 119:150 (opposed to קרב); מִיֶּשַׁע Job 5:14, מֵעשֶׁק Isaiah 54:14, compare Proverbs 22:5; = wholly abstain from Exodus 23:7 (E), so (מִן infinitive) Ecclesiastes 3:5; absolute of ׳יs righteousness, with reference to time Isaiah 46:13 ("" אחר; opposed to קרב). — יִרְחַקחֹֿק Micah 7:11 boundary shall become distant, i.e. territory be enlarged (? corrupt, compare We Now); ירחק חֶבֶל הַכֶּסֶף Kt Ecclesiastes 12:6 be removed ? Qr יֵרָתֵק be joined ? ᵐ5 ἀνατραπῇ, ᵑ9 rumpatur, compare ᵑ6, read probably יִנָּתֵק Pfannk Thes Ew De Siegf Buhl^Lex.

Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular רִחַק Isaiah 6:12, of ׳י, send far away, accusative of person; of people, ׳לִבּוֺ ר Isaiah 29:13, with מִן of ׳י; 2 masculine singular רִחַקְתָּ Isaiah 26:15 thou hast far extended (with accusative) all the ends (boundaries) of the land; Imperfect3masculine plural יְרַחֲקוּ אֶתוְֿנוּתָם Ezekiel 43:9.

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הִרְחִיק Job 19:13; Psalm 103:12, 1singular suffix הִרְחַקְתִּים Ezekiel 11:16, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַרְחִיקֶנָּה Proverbs 22:15, 2masculine singular תַּרְחִיק Job 22:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַרְחֵק Proverbs 4:24 2t., הַרְחַ֑ק Job 13:21, suffix הַרְחִיקֵהוּ Job 11:14; Infinitive absolute הַרְחֵק Genesis 21:16 +, construct הַרְחִיק Jeremiah 27:10, suffix הַרְחִיקָם Joel 4:6; —

1 direct causation make, or exhibit, distance, be gone far, subject person: Genesis 44:4 (J), with מִן local Joshua 8:4 (JE), Judges 18:22; followed by infinitive construct לָלֶכֶת ׳הַרְחֵק לֹא תַר Exodus 8:24 (J), compare Psalm 55:8, Infinitive absolute as adverb = at a distance Genesis 21:16 (E), with מִן local Exodus 33:7 (E), Joshua 3:16 (J E; ׳הַר מְאֹד מִן, Qr; > Kt ב for מן).

2 indirect causation remove, put far away, with accusative of person + מֵעַל of land Jeremiah 27:10, compare Joel 4:6, + מֵעַל person Job 19:13 and (accusative הַצְּפוֺנִי) Joel 2:20, + מִן person Psalm 88:9; Psalm 88:19; + בַּגּוֺיִם Ezekiel 11:16; with accusative כַּף + מֵעַל person Job 13:21, with accusative דֶּרֶךְ + id. Proverbs 5:8; with accusative of sin + מִן person Proverbs 4:24; Job 11:14 (מִן person omitted); Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 30:8; Psalm 103:12; + מִן local Job 22:23.

Strong's Hebrew: 7368. רָחַק (rachaq) — 58 Occurrences

Genesis 21:16
HEB: לָ֜הּ מִנֶּ֗גֶד הַרְחֵק֙ כִּמְטַחֲוֵ֣י קֶ֔שֶׁת
NAS: him, about a bowshot away, for she said,
KJV: over against [him] a good way off, as it were a bowshot:
INT: and sat against away shot arch

Genesis 44:4
HEB: הָעִיר֮ לֹ֣א הִרְחִיקוּ֒ וְיוֹסֵ֤ף אָמַר֙
NAS: out of the city, [and] were not far off, when Joseph
KJV: of the city, [and] not [yet] far off, Joseph
INT: of the city were not far Joseph said

Exodus 8:28
HEB: בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר רַ֛ק הַרְחֵ֥ק לֹא־ תַרְחִ֖יקוּ
NAS: you shall not go very far away. Make supplication
KJV: only ye shall not go very far away:
INT: the wilderness very far not far

Exodus 8:28
HEB: הַרְחֵ֥ק לֹא־ תַרְחִ֖יקוּ לָלֶ֑כֶת הַעְתִּ֖ירוּ
KJV: very far away: intreat
INT: far not far go Make

Exodus 23:7
HEB: מִדְּבַר־ שֶׁ֖קֶר תִּרְחָ֑ק וְנָקִ֤י וְצַדִּיק֙
NAS: Keep far from a FALSE charge,
KJV: Keep thee far from a false matter;
INT: charge A false Keep the innocent the righteous

Exodus 33:7
HEB: מִח֣וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗ה הַרְחֵק֙ מִן־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה
NAS: the camp, a good distance from the camp,
KJV: the camp, afar off from the camp,
INT: without the camp A good from the camp

Deuteronomy 12:21
HEB: כִּֽי־ יִרְחַ֨ק מִמְּךָ֜ הַמָּק֗וֹם
NAS: His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter
KJV: his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill
INT: If far at the place

Deuteronomy 14:24
HEB: שְׂאֵתוֹ֒ כִּֽי־ יִרְחַ֤ק מִמְּךָ֙ הַמָּק֔וֹם
NAS: His name is too far away from you when
KJV: it; [or] if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD
INT: to bring when far at the place

Joshua 3:16
HEB: נֵד־ אֶחָ֗ד הַרְחֵ֨ק מְאֹ֜ד [בָאָדָם
NAS: a great distance away at Adam,
KJV: heap very far from the city Adam,
INT: heap one distance A great Adam

Joshua 8:4
HEB: הָעִ֔יר אַל־ תַּרְחִ֥יקוּ מִן־ הָעִ֖יר
NAS: from behind it. Do not go very
KJV: not very far from the city,
INT: the city not go at the city

Judges 18:22
HEB: הֵ֥מָּה הִרְחִ֖יקוּ מִבֵּ֣ית מִיכָ֑ה
NAS: When they had gone some distance from the house
KJV: [And] when they were a good way from the house
INT: they had gone the house of Micah

Job 5:4
HEB: יִרְחֲק֣וּ בָנָ֣יו מִיֶּ֑שַׁע
NAS: His sons are far from safety,
KJV: His children are far from safety,
INT: are far his sons safety

Job 11:14
HEB: אָ֣וֶן בְּ֭יָדְךָ הַרְחִיקֵ֑הוּ וְאַל־ תַּשְׁכֵּ֖ן
NAS: is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let wickedness
KJV: [be] in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness
INT: iniquity your hand put nay dwell

Job 13:21
HEB: כַּ֭פְּךָ מֵעָלַ֣י הַרְחַ֑ק וְ֝אֵ֥מָתְךָ֗ אַֽל־
NAS: Remove Your hand
KJV: thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread
INT: your hand and Remove the dread nay

Job 19:13
HEB: אַ֭חַי מֵעָלַ֣י הִרְחִ֑יק וְ֝יֹדְעַ֗י אַךְ־
NAS: He has removed my brothers far
KJV: my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance
INT: my brothers and has removed and my acquaintances are completely

Job 21:16
HEB: עֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃
NAS: of the wicked is far from me.
KJV: of the wicked is far from me.
INT: the counsel of the wicked is far at

Job 22:18
HEB: וַעֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃
NAS: of the wicked is far from me.
KJV: of the wicked is far from me.
INT: the counsel of the wicked is far at

Job 22:23
HEB: שַׁ֭דַּי תִּבָּנֶ֑ה תַּרְחִ֥יק עַ֝וְלָ֗ה מֵאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃
NAS: you will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness
KJV: iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
INT: to the Almighty will be restored remove iniquity your tent

Job 30:10
HEB: תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי רָ֣חֲקוּ מֶ֑נִּי וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י
NAS: They abhor me [and] stand aloof from me, And they do not refrain
KJV: They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare
INT: abhor me stand at my face

Psalm 22:11
HEB: אַל־ תִּרְחַ֣ק מִ֭מֶּנִּי כִּי־
NAS: Be not far from me, for trouble
KJV: Be not far from me; for trouble
INT: be not far at for

Psalm 22:19
HEB: יְ֭הוָה אַל־ תִּרְחָ֑ק אֱ֝יָלוּתִ֗י לְעֶזְרָ֥תִי
NAS: But You, O LORD, be not far off; O You my help,
KJV: But be not thou far from me, O LORD:
INT: LORD be not far my help to my assistance

Psalm 35:22
HEB: אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י אֲל־ תִּרְחַ֥ק מִמֶּֽנִּי׃
NAS: O Lord, do not be far from me.
KJV: O Lord, be not far from me.
INT: Lord not be far at

Psalm 38:21
HEB: אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י אַל־ תִּרְחַ֥ק מִמֶּֽנִּי׃
NAS: O my God, do not be far from me!
KJV: O my God, be not far from me.
INT: my God not be far at

Psalm 55:7
HEB: הִ֭נֵּה אַרְחִ֣יק נְדֹ֑ד אָלִ֖ין
NAS: I would wander far away, I would lodge
KJV: Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain
INT: Behold far wander lodge

Psalm 71:12
HEB: אֱ֭לֹהִים אַל־ תִּרְחַ֣ק מִמֶּ֑נִּי אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י
NAS: O God, do not be far from me; O my God,
KJV: O God, be not far from me: O my God,
INT: God not be far at my God

Psalm 88:8
HEB: הִרְחַ֥קְתָּ מְיֻדָּעַ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּי
NAS: You have removed my acquaintances far
KJV: mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made
INT: have removed my acquaintances at

Psalm 88:18
HEB: הִרְחַ֣קְתָּ מִ֭מֶּנִּי אֹהֵ֣ב
NAS: You have removed lover and friend
KJV: and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] mine acquaintance
INT: have removed at lover

Psalm 103:12
HEB: כִּרְחֹ֣ק מִ֭זְרָח מִֽמַּֽעֲרָ֑ב
NAS: As far as the east is from the west,
KJV: As far as the east is from the west,
INT: far as the east the west

Psalm 103:12
HEB: מִ֭זְרָח מִֽמַּֽעֲרָ֑ב הִֽרְחִ֥יק מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ אֶת־
NAS: is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions
KJV: is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions
INT: as the east the west far at our transgressions

Psalm 109:17
HEB: חָפֵ֥ץ בִּ֝בְרָכָ֗ה וַתִּרְחַ֥ק מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃
NAS: in blessing, so it was far from him.
KJV: not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
INT: delight blessing far at

Psalm 119:150
HEB: זִמָּ֑ה מִתּוֹרָתְךָ֥ רָחָֽקוּ׃
NAS: draw near; They are far from Your law.
KJV: after mischief: they are far from thy law.
INT: wickedness your law are far

Proverbs 4:24
HEB: וּלְז֥וּת שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם הַרְחֵ֥ק מִמֶּֽךָּ׃
NAS: mouth And put devious
KJV: and perverse lips put far from thee.
INT: devious speech and put at

Proverbs 5:8
HEB: הַרְחֵ֣ק מֵעָלֶ֣יהָ דַרְכֶּ֑ךָ
NAS: Keep your way far
KJV: thy way far from her, and come not nigh
INT: Keep and your way

Proverbs 19:7
HEB: כִּ֣י מְ֭רֵעֵהוּ רָחֲק֣וּ מִמֶּ֑נּוּ מְרַדֵּ֖ף
NAS: do his friends abandon him! He pursues
KJV: him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth
INT: do his friends abandon at pursues

Proverbs 22:5
HEB: שׁוֹמֵ֥ר נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ יִרְחַ֥ק מֵהֶֽם׃
NAS: himself will be far from them.
KJV: his soul shall be far from them.
INT: guards himself will be far like

Proverbs 22:15
HEB: שֵׁ֥בֶט מ֝וּסָ֗ר יַרְחִיקֶ֥נָּה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃
NAS: of discipline will remove it far from him.
KJV: of correction shall drive it far from him.
INT: the rod of discipline will remove who

Proverbs 30:8
HEB: וּֽדְבַר־ כָּזָ֡ב הַרְחֵ֬ק מִמֶּ֗נִּי רֵ֣אשׁ
NAS: Keep deception and lies
KJV: Remove far from me vanity and lies:
INT: act and lies Keep at poverty

Ecclesiastes 3:5
HEB: לַחֲב֔וֹק וְעֵ֖ת לִרְחֹ֥ק מֵחַבֵּֽק׃
NAS: and a time to shun embracing.
KJV: and a time to refrain from embracing;
INT: to embrace time to shun embracing

Ecclesiastes 12:6
HEB: [יִרחַק כ] (יֵרָתֵק֙ ק) חֶ֣בֶל
INT: Or ever remove cord the silver

Isaiah 6:12
HEB: וְרִחַ֥ק יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־
NAS: The LORD has removed men far
KJV: men far away, and [there be] a great
INT: has removed God men

Isaiah 26:15
HEB: לַגּ֖וֹי נִכְבָּ֑דְתָּ רִחַ֖קְתָּ כָּל־ קַצְוֵי־
NAS: You are glorified; You have extended all
KJV: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed [it] far [unto] all the ends
INT: the nation are glorified have extended all the borders

Isaiah 29:13
HEB: כִּבְּד֔וּנִי וְלִבּ֖וֹ רִחַ֣ק מִמֶּ֑נִּי וַתְּהִ֤י
NAS: Me with their lip service, But they remove their hearts
KJV: their heart far from me, and their fear
INT: and honor their hearts remove at consists

Isaiah 46:13
HEB: צִדְקָתִי֙ לֹ֣א תִרְחָ֔ק וּתְשׁוּעָתִ֖י לֹ֣א
NAS: My righteousness, it is not far off; And My salvation
KJV: my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation
INT: my righteousness is not far and my salvation will not

Isaiah 49:19
HEB: תֵּצְרִ֣י מִיּוֹשֵׁ֔ב וְרָחֲק֖וּ מְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ׃
NAS: And those who swallowed you will be far away.
KJV: and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
INT: narrow the inhabitants will be far swallowed

Isaiah 54:14
HEB: בִּצְדָקָ֖ה תִּכּוֹנָ֑נִי רַחֲקִ֤י מֵעֹ֙שֶׁק֙ כִּֽי־
NAS: you will be established; You will be far from oppression,
KJV: shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression;
INT: righteousness will be established will be far oppression for

Isaiah 59:9
HEB: עַל־ כֵּ֗ן רָחַ֤ק מִשְׁפָּט֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ
NAS: justice is far from us, And righteousness
KJV: Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice
INT: and after that is far justice at

Isaiah 59:11
HEB: וָאַ֔יִן לִֽישׁוּעָ֖ה רָחֲקָ֥ה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃
NAS: For salvation, [but] it is far from us.
KJV: but [there is] none; for salvation, [but] it is far off from us.
INT: there salvation is far at

Jeremiah 2:5
HEB: עָ֔וֶל כִּ֥י רָחֲק֖וּ מֵעָלָ֑י וַיֵּֽלְכ֛וּ
NAS: find in Me, That they went far from Me And walked
KJV: found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked
INT: injustice for went and and walked

Jeremiah 27:10
HEB: לָכֶ֑ם לְמַ֨עַן הַרְחִ֤יק אֶתְכֶם֙ מֵעַ֣ל
NAS: to you in order to remove you far from your land;
KJV: a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land;
INT: prophesy order to remove from your land

Lamentations 1:16
HEB: מַּ֔יִם כִּֽי־ רָחַ֥ק מִמֶּ֛נִּי מְנַחֵ֖ם
NAS: Because far from me is a comforter,
KJV: my soul is far from me: my children
INT: water Because far is a comforter

Ezekiel 8:6
HEB: עֹשִׂ֣ים פֹּ֗ה לְרָֽחֳקָה֙ מֵעַ֣ל מִקְדָּשִׁ֔י
NAS: here, so that I would be far from My sanctuary?
KJV: committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary?
INT: are doing here would be far and chapel

Ezekiel 11:15
HEB: יֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם רַֽחֲקוּ֙ מֵעַ֣ל יְהוָ֔ה
NAS: have said, 'Go far from the LORD;
KJV: have said, Get you far from the LORD:
INT: the inhabitants of Jerusalem Go from the LORD

Ezekiel 11:16
HEB: יְהוִה֒ כִּ֤י הִרְחַקְתִּים֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם וְכִ֥י
NAS: Though I had removed them far away among the nations
KJV: GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen,
INT: GOD Though had removed the nations and though

Ezekiel 43:9
HEB: עַתָּ֞ה יְרַחֲק֧וּ אֶת־ זְנוּתָ֛ם
NAS: Now let them put away their harlotry
KJV: of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell
INT: Now put their harlotry and the corpses

Ezekiel 44:10
HEB: הַלְוִיִּ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר רָֽחֲקוּ֙ מֵֽעָלַ֔י בִּתְע֤וֹת
NAS: who went far from Me when Israel
KJV: And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel
INT: the Levites who went and went

Joel 2:20
HEB: וְֽאֶת־ הַצְּפוֹנִ֞י אַרְחִ֣יק מֵעֲלֵיכֶ֗ם וְהִדַּחְתִּיו֮
NAS: But I will remove the northern
KJV: But I will remove far off from you the northern
INT: the northern will remove and I will drive

Joel 3:6
HEB: הַיְּוָנִ֑ים לְמַ֥עַן הַרְחִיקָ֖ם מֵעַ֥ל גְּבוּלָֽם׃
NAS: in order to remove them far from their territory,
KJV: unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
INT: to the Greeks order to remove from their territory

Micah 7:11
HEB: י֥וֹם הַה֖וּא יִרְחַק־ חֹֽק׃
NAS: will your boundary be extended.
KJV: shall the decree be far removed.
INT: day he be extended will your boundary