רֹחַב
rôchab · ro'-khab
width (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7337 (רָחַב);
width (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
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 רֹחַב 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
101 occurrences · 101 OT · 0 NT · 44 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the breadth30 · 31%
- broad21 · 21%
- the breadth18 · 18%
- in breadth5 · 5%
- shall be the breadth2 · 2%
- was the breadth2 · 2%
- in the breadth2 · 2%
- of it and in the breadth1 · 1%
- and for the breadth1 · 1%
- and largeness1 · 1%
- thereof, according to the breadth1 · 1%
- of it was according to the breadth1 · 1%
- of another: the breadth1 · 1%
- thereof, and the breadth1 · 1%
- on that side: and the breadth1 · 1%
- which was the breadth1 · 1%
- therefore the breadth1 · 1%
- the thickness1 · 1%
- was the wideness1 · 1%
- thick1 · 1%
- also the breadth1 · 1%
- breadth1 · 1%
- were in the thickness1 · 1%
- they, and as broad as1 · 1%
- reeds, and the breadth1 · 1%
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.