מֶרְחָק
merchâq · mer-khawk'
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
Lexicon
Derivation: ; from H7368 (רָחַק);
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
- remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place
- often (adverbially) from afar
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also H1023 (בֵּית הַמֶּרְחָק).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › to separate and protect › what comes behind, the returning cycle
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מֶרְחָק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from a far5 · 28%
- from far3 · 17%
- afar off2 · 11%
- that was far off1 · 6%
- from afar1 · 6%
- ye of far1 · 6%
- far off1 · 6%
- that is very far off1 · 6%
- upon you from far1 · 6%
- because of them that dwell in a far1 · 6%
- me in far countries1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.