Quick Definition
Broad
Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively
Derivation: from H7337 (רָחַב);
KJV Usage: broad, large, at liberty, proud, wide.
TWOT Reference: 2143c
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָחָב (ra.chav) — Broad.
§ broad, wide
רָחָב (ra.chav) — broad: wide. broad, wide Also means: ra.chav (רָחָב ": arrogant" H7342I)
רָחָב (ra.chav) — broad: arrogant. broad, wide A sub-meaning of ra.chav (רָחָב ": wide" H7342H)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
adj · רחב
Large
broad, large, spacious = state in which an object is large in size
GEN 34:21 · EXO 3:8 · JDG 18:10 · 1CH 4:40 · NEH 7:4 · NEH 9:35 · JOB 11:9 · JOB 30:14 · PSA 104:25 · ISA 22:18 · ISA 33:21 · JER 51:58 · EZK 23:32
Great
Collocation: רְחַב לֵב · רְחַב לֵבָב
pride, arrogance literally: broad of heart; hence: = state in which humans have a high status in their own thinking
Intense
broad, spread out, having a wide scope literally: broad; hence: = state in which an activity has many aspects to it or has a wide scope
Names of Constructions
Collocation: חֹומָה רְחָבָה
Broad Wall literally: broad wall; hence: = name of part of the wall of Jerusalem during the time of Nehemiah
Relief
at ease literally: a broad place; hence: = a situation in which humans experience relief after a time of trouble
Wish
Collocation: רְחַב נֶפֶשׁ
greedy literally: wide of gullet; hence: = state in which humans are not satisfied with what they have and desire for more
name
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רָחָב adj. wide, broad base