Distance
מֶרְחָקStrong’s H4801merchaq (mer-chaq)
Appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Merchaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “from a distance”, “distance” and “distant places of”. It appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.”
Meaning
- Distant place, distance, far country
How it's translated
- from a distance 8
- distance 6
- the distance 1
- distant places of 1
- distances 1
- and in the distant places 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 7
- Jeremiah 5
- Proverbs 2
- 2 Samuel 1
- Psalms 1
- Ezekiel 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 15:17And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
- Psalms 138:6Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
- Proverbs 25:25As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
- Proverbs 31:14She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
- Isaiah 8:9Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
- Isaiah 10:3And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
Hebrew dictionary
מֶרְחָק merchaq · distance
distant place, distance, far country
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “distance” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISTANCE, noun
[Latin, to stand apart; to stand.]
- An interval or space between two objects; the length of the shortest line which intervenes between two things that are separate; as a great or small distance distance may be aline, an inch, a mile, or any indefinite length; as the distance between the sun and Saturn.
- Preceded by at, remoteness of place.
- Preceded by thy, his, your, her, their, a suitable space, or such remoteness as is common or becoming; as, let him keep his distance; keep your distance [See No. 8.]
- A space marked on the course where horses run.
All definitions and other forms of “distance”
- Space of time; any indefinite length of time, past or future, intervening between two periods or events; as the distance of an hour, of a year, of an age.
- Ideal space or separation.
- Contrariety; opposition.
- The remoteness which respect requires; hence, respect.
- Reserve; coldness; alienation of heart.
- Remoteness in succession or relation; as the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.
- In music, the interval between two notes; as the distance of a fourth or seventh.
DISTANCE, verb transitive
- To place remote; to throw off from the view.
- To leave behind in a race;; to win the race by a great superiority.
- To leave at a great distance behind.
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.