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Hebrew verb · H7337

רָחַב

rachabraw-khab'

to enlarge

25 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: râchab

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7337is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 12 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 25
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7337

to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)

The King James renders it: be an en-(make) large(-ing), make room, make (open) wide.

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

rachab is rendered "to enlarge". It stands 25 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 26:22He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-five different ways.

The first use

He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

Genesis 26:22הִרְחִ֧יב

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Seven of the word's twenty-five uses are in Isaiah.

The other 27 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • he will enlarge2
  • make large2
  • you enlarge2
  • you have made wide2
  • and I will enlarge1
  • and it was broad1
  • and it will be enlarged1
  • and they have opened wide1
  • do you make wide1
  • enlarge1
  • enlarges1
  • he has made large1

and 9 more, 25 uses in all

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.

רָחַץrachatsto wash: washUses72
רָחַקrachaqto removeUses57
רָחַםrachamto have compassionUses47
רָחַףrachaphbe weakUses3
רָחַשׁrachashto overflowUses1

All 25, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

25 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

  • הִרְחִ֑ב1
  • הַרְחֶב־1
  • הַרְחִ֤בִי1
  • הִרְחַ֤בְתְּ1
  • הִרְחַ֣בְתָּ1
  • הִרְחִ֧יב1
  • הִרְחִ֨יב1
  • הַרְחִ֥יב1
  • הִרְחִ֤יבָה1
  • הִרְחִ֑יבוּ1
  • הַרְחִ֣יבִי׀1
  • וְהִרְחַבְתִּ֖י1

and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular3HVhi2ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVhi3ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVhp3ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singular2HVhv2fs
  • Hc/Vhq1cs1Hc/Vhq1cs
  • Hc/Vhw3mp1Hc/Vhw3mp
  • Hc/Vqq3fs1Hc/Vqq3fs
  • Hc/Vqq3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)1HVhcc
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVhi2mp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singular1HVhp2fs
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVhp2ms

Genesis

one use
  • He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

    Genesis 26:22

    • הִרְחִ֧יבhirchivverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has made space

Exodus

one use
  • For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.

    Exodus 34:24

    • וְהִרְחַבְתִּ֖יvehirchavtiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will enlarge

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.

    Deuteronomy 12:20

    • יַרְחִיב֩yarchivverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will enlarge
  • And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,

    Deuteronomy 19:8

    • יַרְחִ֞יבyarchivverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will enlarge
  • Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.

    Deuteronomy 33:20

    • מַרְחִ֣יבmarchivverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: enlarges

1 Samuel

one use
  • At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.

    1 Samuel 2:1

    • רָ֤חַבrachavverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has opened wide

2 Samuel

one use
  • You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

    2 Samuel 22:37

    • תַּרְחִ֥יבtarchivverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you enlarge

Psalms

six uses
  • Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.

    Psalms 4:1

    • הִרְחַ֣בְתָּhirchavtaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have made wide
  • You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

    Psalms 18:36

    • תַּרְחִ֣יבtarchivverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have enlarged
  • The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress.

    Psalms 25:17

    • הִרְחִ֑יבוּhirchivuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have made wide
  • They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”

    Psalms 35:21

    • וַיַּרְחִ֥יבוּvaiyarchivuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they have opened wide
  • I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

    Psalms 81:10

    • הַרְחֶב־harchev-verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: make large
  • I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.

    Psalms 119:32

    • תַרְחִ֣יבtarchivverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you enlarge

Proverbs

one use
  • A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.

    Proverbs 18:16

    • יַרְחִ֣יבyarchivverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it makes space

Isaiah

seven uses
  • Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!

    Isaiah 5:14

    • הִרְחִ֤יבָהhirchivahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will enlarge
  • Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

    Isaiah 30:23

    • נִרְחָֽב׃nirchavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: roomy
  • For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

    Isaiah 30:33

    • הִרְחִ֑בhirchivverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone has made large
  • “Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.

    Isaiah 54:2

    • הַרְחִ֣יבִי׀harchiviverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: enlarge
  • Whom are you mocking? At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,

    Isaiah 57:4

    • תַּרְחִ֥יבוּtarchivuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: do you make wide
  • Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.

    Isaiah 57:8

    • הִרְחַ֤בְתְּhirchavtverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you have made wide
  • Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.

    Isaiah 60:5

    • וְרָחַ֖בverachavHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be enlarged

Ezekiel

one use
  • The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.

    Ezekiel 41:7

    • וְֽרָחֲבָ֡הverachavahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it was broad

Amos

one use
  • This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.

    Amos 1:13

    • הַרְחִ֥יבharchivverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to enlarge

Micah

one use
  • Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.

    Micah 1:16

    • הַרְחִ֤בִיharchiviverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: make large

Habakkuk

one use
  • and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.

    Habakkuk 2:5

    • הִרְחִ֨יבhirchivverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has made large

The letters

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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