Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4801
מֶרְחָק
merchaqmer-khawk'
distance
18 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: merchâq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4801is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4801
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
The King James renders it: (a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also H1023 (בֵּית הַמֶּרְחָק).
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
merchaq is rendered "distance". It stands 18 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 15:17So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,
2 Samuel 15:17הַמֶּרְחָֽק׃
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
- from a distance8
- distance4
- distances2
- the distance2
- and in the distant places1
- distant places 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 |
| מֶרְחָב | merchab | broad | Uses6 |
| מֶרְכָּב | merkab | chariot | Uses3 |
| מֶרְקָחָה | merqachah | ointment pot/seasoning | Uses2 |
| מֶרְקָח | merqach | spice | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 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
- מִמֶּרְחָ֑ק3
- מֶרְחָ֖ק2
- הַמֶּרְחָ֑ק1
- הַמֶּרְחָֽק׃1
- וּבַמֶּרְחַקִּ֖ים1
- מִמֶּרְחָ֥ק1
- מִ֝מֶּרְחָ֗ק1
- מִמֶּרְחָ֣ק1
- מִמֶּרְחָ֔ק1
- מִמֶּרְחָ֛ק1
- מֶרְחָ֑ק1
- מֶרְחָֽק׃1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine singular8HR/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular4HNcmsa
- noun · masculine plural2HNcmpa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1HC/Rd/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmpc
2 Samuel
one use
So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,
- הַמֶּרְחָֽק׃hamerchakthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the distance
Psalms
one use
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- מִמֶּרְחָ֥קmimerchakpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from a distance
Proverbs
two uses
Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
- מֶרְחָֽק׃merchaknoun · masculine singulartagged: distance
She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
- מִ֝מֶּרְחָ֗קmimerchakpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from a distance
Isaiah
seven uses
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- מֶרְחַקֵּי־merchakei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: distant places of
What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
- מִמֶּרְחָ֣קmimerchakpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from a distance
They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.
- מֶרְחָ֖קmerchaknoun · masculine singulartagged: distance
The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
- מִמֶּרְחָ֑קmimerchakpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from a distance
Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
- מִמֶּרְחָ֔קmimerchakpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from a distance
Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
- מַרְחַקִּֽים׃marchakimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: distances
I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.
- מֶרְחָ֖קmerchaknoun · masculine singulartagged: distance
Jeremiah
five uses
Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
- הַמֶּרְחָ֑קhamerchakthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the distance
Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
- מִמֶּרְחָ֛קmimerchakpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from a distance
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
- מֶרְחָ֑קmerchaknoun · masculine singulartagged: distance
Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”
- מַרְחַקִּ֔יםmarchakimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: distances
Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.
- מִמֶּרְחָ֑קmimerchakpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from a distance
Ezekiel
one use
Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.
- מִמֶּרְחָ֑קmimerchakpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from a distance
Zechariah
one use
Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.
- וּבַמֶּרְחַקִּ֖יםuvammerchakimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and in the distant places
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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.