רַחִיק
rachîyq · H7352 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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far, distant
State in which humans are located in a place that is at a relatively great distance from the point of reference
ExamplesEzra 6:6 “Now as for you, Tattenai, governor of the province beyond the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and your colleagues, the officials of the provinces beyond the River, stay away from there.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָוָאto be 1
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Contrasting words 1 word
- קָרוֹב qârôwb · H7138 · near, close
- קָרוֹב is the standard Hebrew lexical opposite of רַחִיק, expressing spatial or temporal proximity where רַחִיק expresses distance. These form a classic antonymous pair in Hebrew lexicography (far/near).
In the other Testament 2 words
- μακράν makrán · G3112 · far, at a distance, some distance away
- μακράν is the standard Greek adverb for spatial distance ('far'), directly equivalent to Hebrew רַחִיק in expressing remoteness or distance from a point of reference.
- μακρός makrós · G3117 · long, long time, for some time
- μακρός is the Greek adjective for 'far/distant/long', providing the adjectival equivalent to the Hebrew רַחִיק when describing spatial or temporal distance.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- Ezra 6:6 has King Darius' decree provide, “now as for you, Tattenai, governor of the province beyond the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and your colleagues, the officials of the provinces beyond the River, stay away from there.”
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7352. rechiq [רְחִיק] adjective far; — plural absolute מִןתַּֿמָּה הֲווֺ רְחִיקִין Ezr…
[רְחִיק] adjective far; — plural absolute מִןתַּֿמָּה הֲווֺ רְחִיקִין Ezr 6:6, i.e. keep aloof.
רֵיחַ see רוח.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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