Lexical Definition

‎רָחוֹק‎ râchôwq (raw-khoke') distant ^H:A
or רָחֹק râchôq (raw-khoke'); from ‎רָחַק‎

(a-) far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.

• remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time
• specifically, precious
• often used adverbially (with preposition)

adj
1) remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones
1a) of distance, time
n m
2) distance
2a) from a distance (with prep)

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Extended Information

• adj
• n m
• Aramaic equivalent: ra.chiq (‎ר‎ְ‎ח‎ִ‎יק‎ "far" רַחִיק)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: רָחַק
‎רָחֹק‎, ‎רָחוֺק‎ adjective distant, far, and noun masculine^{Josh 3:4} distance (Lag^{BN 31}); — absolute ‎רָחֹק‎ Exod 2:4 +, ‎רָחוֺק‎ Ezek 6:12 +; feminine singular ‎רְחֹקָה‎ Deut 30:11 +, ‎רְחוֺקָה‎ Josh 9:6 +; masculine plural ‎רְחֹקִים‎ Deut 13:8* +, etc., feminine plural absolute ‎רְחֹקוֺת‎ Jer 48:24 +, etc.; — often opposed to ‎קָרוֺב‎:

1. adjective a. of space: distant, land Josh 9:6; Josh 9:9 (+ ‎מְאֹד‎), Deut 29:21*; 1Kgs 8:41; 1Kgs 8:46 = 2Chr 6:32; 2Chr 6:36; 2Kgs 20:14 = Isa 39:3, ‎׳‎‎אִיִּים ר‎ Isa 66:19 + perhaps Ps 65:6* (Che We read ‎אִיִּם‎ for ‎יָם‎; Weir in Che ‎גּוֺיִם‎; ᵑ0 makes ‎׳‎‎ר‎ = distant ones, people); with ‎מִן‎ person, of peoples Josh 9:22 (JE), Judg 18:7, persons Ezek 22:5; Neh 4:13*; Prov 15:29 (‎׳‎‎י‎, figurative), compare Jer 12:2 (id.,), cities Deut 20:15, so (‎מִן‎ local) Judg 18:28 absolute of people Joel 4:8*, persons Isa 33:13; Isa 57:19; Jer 25:26; Ezek 6:12; Zech 6:15; Prov 27:10; Dan 9:7; Esth 9:20, cities Jer 48:24, trees Ps 56:1* (title; see ‎יוֺנָה‎ near the end, p. 401), of distant journey Num 9:10 (P); figurative, ‎רָחוֺק‎ predicate (indefinite) Eccl 7:24, of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s ‎מִצְוָה‎ Deut 30:11 with ‎מִן‎ person (i.e. absent from, lacking to), of salvation Ps 119:155, wisdom Eccl 7:23 of person with ‎מִן‎ of act or quality Isa 46:12; Ps 22:2* of price, with ‎מִן‎ compare = far beyond Prov 31:10.
b. of time: ‎לְעִתִּים רְחוֺקוֺת‎ Ezek 12:27.

2. noun masculine always singular:
a. of space: distance Josh 3:4 (D); elsewhere with preposition: (1) ‎׳‎‎מֵר‎ from a distance, with verbs implying motion, physical or mental: look Gen 24:4 (E) Gen 37:18 (J) Job 2:12; Job 36:25 bring Deut 28:49; Isa 43:6; Isa 60:9, compare Jer 46:27 come Isa 49:12; Isa 60:4; Hab 1:8 hear Isa 49:1 smell Job 39:25 remember Jer 51:50 probably also worship Exod 24:1 (J); (2) ‎׳‎‎מֵר‎ at a distance (‎מִן‎ 1 c) Exod 2:4 (E), Exod 20:18; Exod 20:21 (E; Gi vExod 20:15 vExod 20:18), 1Sam 26:13; 2Kgs 2:7; Isa 5:26; Isa 59:14; Ps 38:12*, compare ‎׳‎‎אֱלֹהֵי מֵר‎ Jer 23:23 a God afar off (on construct of. Ges^{«GKC:130a»§ 130a}; < read ‎׳‎‎אלהים ר‎ Gie, compare ᵐ5); (3) ‎׳‎‎מֵר‎ to a distance (‎מִן‎ 1 c) Isa 22:3; Isa 23:7; Prov 7:19 (4) ‎׳‎‎בְּר‎ at a distance Ps 10:1 ‎׳‎‎עַדרֿ‎ to a distance Mic 4:3 also with two prepp.: (5) ‎׳‎‎לְמֵר‎ from (‎מִן‎ 9 b), Job 36:3; Job 39:29 (6) ‎׳‎‎עַדמֵֿר‎ (III. ‎עַד‎ I. 1 a) to a distance Isa 57:9 + Neh 12:43 van d. H. (‎עַד‎ omitted by Baer Gi); even (7) ‎׳‎‎עַדלְֿמֵר‎ (‎עַד‎ III.) 2Chr 26:15; Ezra 3:13.
b. of time, ‎׳‎‎מֵר‎ long ago Isa 22:11, with noun = ancient, of long standing Isa 25:1 ‎׳‎‎לְמֵר‎ long ago 2Kgs 19:25 = Isa 37:26 from afar 2Sam 7:19 = 1Chr 17:17. **Ps 139:2.

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