Broad
מֶרְחָבStrong’s H4800merchav (mer-chav)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Merchav is the Hebrew word usually translated “roomy place” and “expanses of”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.”
Meaning
- Broad or roomy place, wide, expanses
How it's translated
- in roomy place 3
- to roomy place 2
- to expanses of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 3
- 2 Samuel 1
- Hosea 1
- Habakkuk 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 18:19He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- Psalms 31:8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
- Psalms 118:5I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
- Hosea 4:16For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
- Habakkuk 1:6For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
Hebrew dictionary
מֶרְחָב merchav · broad
broad or roomy place, wide, expanses
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “broad” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BROAD, adjective
brawd. [Latin gradior; a root of extensive use.]
- Wide; extended in breadth, or from side to side, as distinguished from long, or extended from end to end.
- Wide; extensive; vast; as the broad expanse of ocean.
- Large; as a broad mixture of falsehood.
- Open; clear; not covered, confined or concealed; as in broad sunshine.
All definitions
- Gross; coarse; as broad mirth; broad nonsense.
- Plain; tending to obscenity; as a broad comment.
- Bold; not delicate; not reserved; as broad words.
- Comprehensive.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.