What does Rachaq mean?

Rachaq (רָחַק, Strong's H7368) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation). The King James Bible translates it 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).

What is the Strong's number for Rachaq?

The Strong's number for Rachaq (רָחַק) is H7368. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Rachaq (Strong’s H7368): Meaning in the Bible

Rachaq (רָחַק) is the Hebrew word numbered H7368 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation). In the King James Bible it is translated (a-, be, cast, drive, get.

רָחַק

râchaq · Hebrew

Strong’s H7368 · raw-khak'

Original wordרָחַק
Transliterationrâchaq
Pronunciationraw-khak'
Part of speechverb (v)
Strong’s numberH7368
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

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

Derivation. a primitive root;

How the King James Bible translates it

(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). (The × marks places where the word shapes the phrasing rather than being rendered by a single English word.)

Where Rachaq appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Rachaq (H7368) stands behind 66 English renderings in 55 verses across 15 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Psalms (13), Job (11), Isaiah (10).

How the King James Bible renders Rachaq, by count

far38 of 66 (58 percent)
off9 of 66 (14 percent)
away7 of 66 (11 percent)
removed4 of 66 (6 percent)
as1 of 66 (2 percent)
go1 of 66 (2 percent)

Three places to read Rachaq

Genesis 21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
Psalms 22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Isaiah 6:12 And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Rachaq in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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