Lexical Definition

‎רָחָב‎ râchâb (raw-khawb') Broad ^H:A
from ‎רָחַב‎

broad, large, at liberty, proud, wide.

• roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively

1) broad, wide

See Greek: πλατύς · Ῥαάβ

Extended Information

• Also means: ra.chav (‎ר‎ָ‎ח‎ָ‎ב‎ ": arrogant" רָחָב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎רָחָב‎₂₁ adjective wide, broad; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Job 30:14 construct ‎רְחַב‎ Prov 21:4 +; feminine singular ‎רְחָבָה‎ Exod 3:8 +; construct ‎רַחֲבַת‎ Gen 34:21 +; masculine plural construct ‎רַחֲבֵי‎ Isa 33:21 — wide, broad, spacious, of land Exod 3:8 (J), Neh 9:35, ‎רַחֲבַת יָדַיִם‎, etc., Gen 34:21 + 6 t., see ‎יָד‎ 3 d; ‎מִנִּייָֿם‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Job 11:9 (of greatness of God, || ‎אֲרֻכָּה מֵאֶרֶץ‎); ‎בָּֽרְחָבָה‎ as substantive Ps 119:45 in a wide, roomy, space (figurative); ‎׳‎‎פֶּרֶץ ר‎ Job 30:14 (simile); of cup Ezek 23:32 (in figurative; + ‎הָעֲמֻקָּה‎); of wall (= thick) Jer 51:58 specifically, in Jerusalem (as proper name) ‎׳‎‎הַחוֺמָה הָֽר‎ Neh 3:8; Neh 12:38 figurative extensive, of work, undertaking, ‎מְלָאכָה‎, Neh 4:19 (+‎הַרְבֵּה‎); of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s commandment Ps 119:96 (i.e. unlimited, measureless); ‎רְחַב לֵבָב‎ Ps 101:5 i.e. exultant, arrogant (|| ‎גְּבַהּעֵֿינַיִם‎), so ‎לֵב‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Prov 21:4 (|| ‎׳‎‎רוּםעֿ‎); ‎רְחַב נֶפֶשׁ‎ Prov 28:25 i.e. greedy (compare ‎רחב‎ ‎אולת‎ Eccl 47:23c, in play on ‎רְחַבְעָם‎).

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