רָחוֹק
râchôwq · raw-khoke'
remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
Lexicon
Derivation: or רָחֹק; from H7368 (רָחַק);
remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
- remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time
- specifically, precious
- often used adverbially (with preposition)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (a-) far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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)
the head, the highest › to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The head, the highest that works to separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָחוֹק 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
84 occurrences · 84 OT · 0 NT · 58 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- afar off18 · 27%
- from far8 · 12%
- far off5 · 8%
- from a far5 · 8%
- far5 · 8%
- is far3 · 5%
- for a great while to come2 · 3%
- long ago2 · 3%
- of old2 · 3%
- him afar off1 · 2%
- ye afar off1 · 2%
- unto thee, or far off1 · 2%
- against thee from far1 · 2%
- from thee, neither is it far off1 · 2%
- yet there shall be a space1 · 2%
- and they were far1 · 2%
- because it was far1 · 2%
- of a far1 · 2%
- far abroad1 · 2%
- far from1 · 2%
- even afar off1 · 2%
- and far1 · 2%
- from afar1 · 2%
- it afar off1 · 2%
- thou afar off1 · 2%
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.