Word

רֹחַב

rôchab · H7341 · Hebrew · 101 occurrences

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Meanings

breadth, width, thickness

The measurement from side to side of an object

Examples
Genesis 6:15 “This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
Exodus 25:10 “Now they shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.
Exodus 25:17 “And you shall make an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
expanse

State in which an area is very large in size

Examples
Job 37:10 “From the breath of God ice is made, And the expanse of the waters is frozen.
Isaiah 8:8 “Then it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through, It will reach as far as the neck; And the spread of its wings will fill the expanse of your land, Immanuel.
through length and through breadth > entirely

Literally: through (its) length and to (its) breadth; hence: pertaining to the entire surface of an object

Examples
Genesis 13:17 “Arise, walk about in the land through its length and width; for I will give it to you.”
understanding

Literally: breadth of heart; hence: ability to think clearly

Examples
1 Kings 4:29 Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

54 occurrences in 21 groups

הוּhis 17
הּher 11
בַּיִתhouse, household 3
פֶּתַחentrance, doorway 3
Other words · 17 groups that occur once or twice (20) 20

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

4 occurrences in 4 groups

חָמֵשׁfive 1
עֶשֶׂרten 1
אַרְבַּעfour 1
שְׁנַיִםtwo 1

What is done to itIt is the object

7 occurrences in 2 groups

מָדַדto measure 5
נָתַןto give, to put, to set 2

What it is said to bePredicate

74 occurrences in 18 groups

אַמָּהcubit 45
עֶשֶׂרten 8
חֵצִיhalf 7
חָמֵשׁfive 4
קָנֶהreed, branch 3
Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בִּנְיָןbuilding 1
לִשְׁכָּהroom 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 2 groups

בin/on/with 6
לto/for 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

4 occurrences in 2 groups

פָּנִיםface, presence, before 3
מְלֹאgroup 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

πλάτος plátos · G4114 · width, breadth: Greek πλάτος (plátos, G4114) is the direct translation equivalent of Hebrew רֹחַב (rôchab, H7341), both denoting physical width/breadth as a spatial dimension.

Semantic domains 4 entries

Dimension002001001020: The word means breadth or width, directly illustrated by the ark's measurements, "its width fifty cubits" (Genesis 6:15), the command to walk the promised land's "length and width" (Genesis 13:17), and the repeated cubit measurements of the ark of the covenant, its cover, and the table (Exodus 25:10, 17, 23).
Large002001001037: This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which all concern precise measured dimensions rather than general largeness.
Complete002001003003: This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations.
Wise002001002029: This domain reflects the word's idiomatic use for breadth of understanding (compare 1 Kings 4:29's "breadth of heart" for wisdom); it is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which all concern literal architectural measurements.

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

רָחַב râchab · H7337 · to be large, to be broad, to become larger · 25×רֹחַבrôchab · H7341רְחֹב rᵉchôb · H7339 · open place, plaza, square · 43×רָחָב râchâb · H7342 · broad, large, spacious · 21×מֶרְחָב merchâb · H4800 · broad, at ease · 6×רַחַב rachab · H7338 · expanse, relief · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7341. rochab רֹ֫חַב101 noun [masculine] breadth, width; — ׳ר absolute Eze 42:2 +,…

H7341. rochab
רֹ֫חַב101 noun [masculine] breadth, width; — ׳ר absolute Eze 42:2 +, construct 1Ki 6:3 +; suffix רָחְבּוֺ Exo 25:10 +, בָּהּ- Gen 6:15 +, רָחְבָּן Eze 42:11; — breadth, of land, + אֹרֶךְ = whole extent, expanse, Gen 13:17 (J), so ׳ר alone Isa 8:8; ׳ר מַיִם Job 37:10; figurative ׳ר לֵב largeness of understanding (like sand of sea-shore) 1Ki 5:9; breadth, = thickness, of wall גֶּדֶר Eze 42:10; elsewhere only in measurements width, breadth (Deu 3:11; Kings 10 t.; Ezek 54 t.; Zec 2:6; Zec 5:2; P 23 t.; Chronicles 6 t.; || אֹרֶךְ 1Ki 7:6 63t., + קוֺמָה 1Ki 6:2 1Ki 6:14t., + גּבַהּ Eze 40:42; 2Ch 3:4; || קוֺמָה alone 1Ki 7:27; Eze 40:5): of buildings, etc., 1Ki 6:2-3,(twice in verse); 1Ki 6:6 (3 t. in verse) +, Eze 41:1 (3 t. in verse); Eze 41:5, Eze 41:7 +, altar Exo 27:1 = Exo 38:1, ark, תֵּבָה, Gen 6:15, אָרוֺן Exo 25:10 = Exo 37:1, etc.; of area, the עֶרֶשׂ of Og Deu 3:11, the תְּרוּמָה of land Eze 45:1, Eze 45:3, Eze 45:5, Eze 45:6 +, of court Exo 27:12-13, Exo 27:18; of city Zec 2:6; of roll Zec 5:2; of curtain Exo 26:2, Exo 26:8 +, etc.; of wall (קִיר), = thickness, Eze 41:9, Eze 41:12 (compare Eze 42:10 above); of doorway Eze 40:11; Eze 41:2-3, etc.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries

Dimension98 occurrences Large2 occurrences Wise1 occurrence Complete1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0