Lexical Definition

‎רֹחַב‎ rôchab (ro'-khab) width ^H:N-M
from ‎רָחַב‎

breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.

• width (literally or figuratively)

1) breadth, width, expanse

See Greek: πλάτος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רֹ֫חַב‎₁₀₁ noun [masculine] breadth, width; — ‎׳‎‎ר‎ absolute Ezek 42:2 +, construct 1Kgs 6:3 +; suffix ‎רָחְבּוֺ‎ Exod 25:10 +, ‎בָּהּ‎- Gen 6:15 +, ‎רָחְבָּן‎ Ezek 42:11 — breadth, of land, + ‎אֹרֶךְ‎ = whole extent, expanse, Gen 13:17 (J), so ‎׳‎‎ר‎ alone Isa 8:8 ‎מַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Job 37:10 figurative ‎לֵב‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ largeness of understanding (like sand of sea-shore) 1Kgs 5:9* breadth, = thickness, of wall ‎גֶּדֶר‎ Ezek 42:10 elsewhere only in measurements width, breadth (Deut 3:11 Kings 10 t.; Ezek 5:4 t.; Zech 2:6*; Zech 5:2 P 23 t.; Chronicles 6 t.; || ‎אֹרֶךְ‎ 1Kgs 7:6 + 63 t., + ‎קוֺמָה‎ 1Kgs 6:2 + 14 t., + ‎גּבַהּ‎ Ezek 40:42; 2Chr 3:4 || ‎קוֺמָה‎ alone 1Kgs 7:27; Ezek 40:5): of buildings, etc., 1Kgs 6:2; 1Kgs 6:3 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 6:6 (3 t. in verse) +, Ezek 41:1 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 41:5; Ezek 41:7 +, altar Exod 27:1 = Exod 38:1, ark, ‎תֵּבָה‎, Gen 6:15, ‎אָרוֺן‎ Exod 25:10 = Exod 37:1, etc.; of area, the ‎עֶרֶשׂ‎ of Og Deut 3:11, the ‎תְּרוּמָה‎ of land Ezek 45:1; Ezek 45:3; Ezek 45:5; Ezek 45:6 +, of court Exod 27:12; Exod 27:13; Exod 27:18 of city Zech 2:6* of roll Zech 5:2 of curtain Exod 26:2; Exod 26:8 +, etc.; of wall (‎קִיר‎), = thickness, Ezek 41:9; Ezek 41:12 (compare Ezek 42:10 above); of doorway Ezek 40:11; Ezek 41:2; Ezek 41:3, etc.

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