TBESH · H4801
מֶרְחָק · mer.chaq · distance
distant place, distance, far country
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mer.chaq H4801
מֶרְחָק (mer.chaq) means “distance” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מֶרְחָק Hebrew · H4801 18 tagged occurrences in 18 verses
Pronunciation guide: mer-khawk' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
; from H7368 (רָחַק); remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
KJV glosses: (a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also H1023 (בֵּית הַמֶּרְחָק).
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How translators render H4801
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| from afar | 5 |
| from a distant | 3 |
| a distant | 1 |
| far away | 1 |
| from a far-off | 1 |
| from a land far away | 1 |
| from faraway | 1 |
| in distant | 1 |
| in distant lands | 1 |
| that stretches afar | 1 |
| the last house | 1 |
| you distant | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| from a far | 5 |
| from far | 3 |
| afar off | 2 |
| because of them that dwell in a far | 1 |
| far off | 1 |
| from afar | 1 |
| me in far countries | 1 |
| that is very far off | 1 |
| that was far off | 1 |
| upon you from far | 1 |
| ye of far | 1 |
Verses containing H4801
Page 1 of 1. 18 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- 2 Samuel 15:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,
Read word by word - Psalms 138:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
Read word by word - Proverbs 25:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
Read word by word - Proverbs 31:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
Read word by word - Isaiah 8:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
Read word by word - Isaiah 10:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
Read word by word - Isaiah 13:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.
Read word by word - Isaiah 17:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
Read word by word - Isaiah 30:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
Read word by word - Isaiah 33:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
Read word by word - Isaiah 46:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 4:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 5:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 6:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 8:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 31:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 23:40
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.
Read word by word - Zechariah 10:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.
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