רָחַק

Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

Genesis 21:16

• הַרְחֵק֙harchekverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: at a distance

They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

Genesis 44:4

• הִרְחִיקוּ֒hirchikuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had gone far

Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”

Exodus 8:28

• הַרְחֵ֥קharchekverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to be far away
• תַרְחִ֖יקוּtarchikuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you must be far away

Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Exodus 23:7

• תִּרְחָ֑קtirchakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be distant

Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.

Exodus 33:7

• הַרְחֵק֙harchekverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: at a distance

If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.

Deuteronomy 12:21

• יִרְחַ֨קyirchakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be far

But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,

Deuteronomy 14:24

• יִרְחַ֤קyirchakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be far

the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

Joshua 3:16

• הַרְחֵ֨קharchekverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: far away

with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.

Joshua 8:4

• תַּרְחִ֥יקוּtarchikuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you go far away

After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.

Judges 18:22

• הִרְחִ֖יקוּhirchikuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had gone far away

His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

Job 5:4

• יִרְחֲק֣וּyirchakuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are distant

if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,

Job 11:14

• הַרְחִיקֵ֑הוּharchikehuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: put far away it

Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.

Job 13:21

• הַרְחַ֑קharchakverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: put far away

He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

Job 19:13

• הִרְחִ֑יקhirchikverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has put far away

Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

Job 21:16

• רָ֣חֲקָהrachakahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is far

But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

Job 22:18

• רָ֣חֲקָהrachakahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is far

If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

Job 22:23

• תַּרְחִ֥יקtarchikverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will remove

They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

Job 30:10

• רָ֣חֲקוּrachakuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are distant

Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

Psalms 22:11

• תִּרְחַ֣קtirchakverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you be far

But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.

Psalms 22:19

• תִּרְחָ֑קtirchakverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you be distant

O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.

Psalms 35:22

• תִּרְחַ֥קtirchakverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you be distant

Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.

Psalms 38:21

• תִּרְחַ֥קtirchakverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you be distant

How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah

Psalms 55:7

• אַרְחִ֣יקʾarchikverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I want to be far away

Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.

Psalms 71:12

• תִּרְחַ֣קtirchakverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you be far

You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.

Psalms 88:8

• הִרְחַ֥קְתָּhirchaktaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have removed far away

You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

Psalms 88:18

• הִרְחַ֣קְתָּhirchaktaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have removed far away

As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Psalms 103:12

• כִּרְחֹ֣קkirchokpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: as is far away
• הִֽרְחִ֥יקhirchikverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has removed far away

The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

Psalms 109:17

• וַתִּרְחַ֥קvatirchakHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was far

Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.

Psalms 119:150

• רָחָֽקוּ׃rachakuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are distant

Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.

Proverbs 4:24

• הַרְחֵ֥קharchekverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: put far away

Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,

Proverbs 5:8

• הַרְחֵ֣קharchekverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: make far away

All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.

Proverbs 19:7

• רָחֲק֣וּrachakuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are distant

Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

Proverbs 22:5

• יִרְחַ֥קyirchakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be far

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Proverbs 22:15

• יַרְחִיקֶ֥נָּהyarchikenahverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will put far away it

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

Proverbs 30:8

• הַרְחֵ֬קharchekverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: put far away

a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

Ecclesiastes 3:5

• לִרְחֹ֥קlirchokpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be far

until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken.

Isaiah 6:12

• וְרִחַ֥קverichakHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will send far away

You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.

Isaiah 26:15

• רִחַ֖קְתָּrichaktaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have extended

Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

Isaiah 29:13

• רִחַ֣קrichakverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has made far away

I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.

Isaiah 46:13

• תִרְחָ֔קtirchakverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is far away

For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.

Isaiah 49:19

• וְרָחֲק֖וּverachakuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will be far away

In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.

Isaiah 54:14

• רַחֲקִ֤יrachakiverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: be distant

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

Isaiah 59:9

• רָחַ֤קrachakverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is far

We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

Isaiah 59:11

• רָחֲקָ֥הrachakahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is far

This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?

Jeremiah 2:5

• רָחֲק֖וּrachakuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they became distant

For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.

Jeremiah 27:10

• הַרְחִ֤יקharchikverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to remove far away

For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.

Lamentations 1:16

• רָחַ֥קrachakverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is far

“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”

Ezekiel 8:6

• לְרָֽחֳקָה֙lerochokahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be far

“Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’

Ezekiel 11:15

• רַֽחֲקוּ֙rachakuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: be distant

Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’

Ezekiel 11:16

• הִרְחַקְתִּים֙hirchaktimverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: I have removed far away them

Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.

Ezekiel 43:9

• יְרַחֲק֧וּyerachakuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them put far away

Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.

Ezekiel 44:10

• רָֽחֲקוּ֙rachakuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they became distant

The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.

Joel 2:20

• אַרְחִ֣יקʾarchikverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will remove far away

You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.

Joel 3:6

• הַרְחִיקָ֖םharchikamverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to remove far away them

The day for rebuilding your walls will come—the day for extending your boundary.

Micah 7:11

• יִרְחַק־yirchak-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be far