רָחַב
râchab · raw-khab'
to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be an en-(make) large(-ing), make room, make (open) wide.
Letters
- 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
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to separate and protect › the house, what is within
The head, the highest that works to separate and protect of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָחַב 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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thou hast enlarged4 · 16%
- enlarge3 · 12%
- wide2 · 8%
- hath made room1 · 4%
- thee, and enlarge1 · 4%
- shall enlarge1 · 4%
- be he that enlargeth1 · 4%
- is enlarged1 · 4%
- are enlarged1 · 4%
- when thou shalt enlarge1 · 4%
- maketh room1 · 4%
- hath enlarged1 · 4%
- in large1 · 4%
- and large1 · 4%
- yourselves? against whom make ye a wide1 · 4%
- and be enlarged1 · 4%
- and there was an enlarging1 · 4%
- that they might enlarge1 · 4%
- who enlargeth1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
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.