Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4800
מֶרְחָב
merchabmer-khawb'
broad
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: merchâb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4800is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4800
enlargement, either literally (an open space, usually in a good sense), or figuratively (liberty)
The King James renders it: breadth, large place (room).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
merchab is rendered "broad". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 22:20He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
2 Samuel 22:20לַמֶּרְחָ֖ב
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- in the roomy place3
- to the roomy place2
- to expanses of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מֶרְכָּבָה | merkabah | chariot | Uses44 |
| מֶרְחָק | merchaq | distance | Uses18 |
| מֶרְכָּב | merkab | chariot | Uses3 |
| מֶרְקָחָה | merqachah | ointment pot/seasoning | Uses2 |
| מֶרְקָח | merqach | spice | Uses1 |
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בַמֶּרְחָ֣ב2
- בַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃1
- לַמֶּרְחָ֑ב1
- לַמֶּרְחָ֖ב1
- לְמֶרְחֲבֵי־1
The grammar of each form
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular5HRd/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmpc
2 Samuel
one use
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
- לַמֶּרְחָ֖בlamerchavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the roomy place
Psalms
three uses
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
- לַמֶּרְחָ֑בlamerchavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the roomy place
You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
- בַמֶּרְחָ֣בvamerchavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the roomy place
In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
- בַמֶּרְחָ֣בvamerchavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the roomy place
Hosea
one use
For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
- בַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃bamerchavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the roomy place
Habakkuk
one use
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
- לְמֶרְחֲבֵי־lemerchavei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to expanses of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.