H4800 - מֶרְחָב (merchâb)

H4800 מֶרְחָב (merchâb) mer-khawb'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

broad

Strong's Definition

enlargement, either literally (an open space, usually in a good sense), or figuratively (liberty)

Derivation: from H7337 (רָחַב);

KJV Usage: breadth, large place (room).

TWOT Reference: 2143c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) broad or roomy place, wide, expanses

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

broad or roomy place, wide, expanses

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מֶרְחָב merchâb BDB Definition: 1) broad or roomy place, wide, expanses Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7337 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2143c Total KJV Occurrences: 8

Bible Occurrences (6)

22:20

18:19 31:8 118:5

4:16

1:6

2 Samuel 22:20

He brought me out into the open -; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

Hosea 4:16

For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?

Habakkuk 1:6

For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.