רָחַב (ra.chav) means “to enlarge” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: raw-khab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
רָחַב · ra.chav · to enlarge
1) to be or grow wide, be or grow large 1a) (Qal) to be widened, be enlarged 1b) (Niphal) broad or roomy pasture (participle) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make large 1c2) to enlarge
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a primitive root; to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
KJV glosses: be an en-(make) large(-ing), make room, make (open) wide.
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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 |
|---|---|
| enlarges | 3 |
| enlarge | 2 |
| you broaden | 2 |
| and enlarge | 1 |
| and opened it wide | 1 |
| and swell with joy | 1 |
| and wide | 1 |
| do you sneer | 1 |
| expands | 1 |
| has made room | 1 |
| he who enlarges | 1 |
| in open | 1 |
| increase | 1 |
| make yourselves | 1 |
| opens doors | 1 |
| speaks boldly | 1 |
| widened at each successive level | 1 |
| you have relieved | 1 |
| you will enlarge | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| thou hast enlarged | 4 |
| enlarge | 3 |
| wide | 2 |
| an enlarging | 1 |
| and be enlarged | 1 |
| are enlarged | 1 |
| hath enlarged | 1 |
| hath made room | 1 |
| he that enlargeth | 1 |
| in large | 1 |
| is enlarged | 1 |
| large | 1 |
| maketh room | 1 |
| shall enlarge | 1 |
| that they might enlarge | 1 |
| thee and enlarge | 1 |
| when thou shalt enlarge | 1 |
| who enlargeth | 1 |
| yourselves against whom make ye a wide | 1 |
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He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
Read word by wordFor I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
Read word by wordWhen the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.
Read word by wordAnd if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,
Read word by wordConcerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.
Read word by wordAt that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
Read word by wordYou broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
Read word by wordFor the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.2
You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.37
The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress.
Read word by wordThey gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
Read word by wordI am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 81.11
I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
Read word by wordA man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.
Read word by wordTherefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!
Read word by wordThen He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
Read word by wordFor Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
Read word by word“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
Read word by wordWhom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,
Read word by wordBehind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.
Read word by wordThen you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.
Read word by wordThe side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
Read word by wordShave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.
Read word by wordand wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
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