Definition
a primitive root; to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
Traditional renderings: (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).
Traditional renderings: (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).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders רָחַק:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
58 total
- Ezekiel 8:6לְרָֽחֳקָה֙ · to drive Me far“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
- Ezekiel 11:15רַֽחֲקוּ֙ · They are far away“Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
- Ezekiel 11:16הִרְחַקְתִּים֙ · I sent them far awayTherefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’
- Ezekiel 43:9יְרַחֲק֧וּ · let them removeNow let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.
- Ezekiel 44:10רָֽחֲקוּ֙ · wandered awaySurely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
- Joel 2:20אַרְחִ֣יק · I will drive awayThe northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.
- Joel 3:6הַרְחִיקָ֖ם · send them farYou sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
- Micah 7:11יִרְחַק־ · for extendingThe day for rebuilding your walls will come—the day for extending your boundary.