Distant
רָחֹקStrong’s H7350rachoq (ra-choq)
Appears in 84 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rachoq is the Hebrew word usually translated “from a distance”, “distant” and “far”. It appears in 84 verses of the Old Testament.
“O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.”
Meaning
- Remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant onesof distance, time
- Distancefrom a distance (with prep)
How it's translated
- from a distance 30
- distant 18
- far 6
- from distant 6
- and far 5
- far away 4
- from a distant 3
- from afar 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 18
- Jeremiah 8
- Psalms 6
- Deuteronomy 5
- Job 5
- Exodus 4
27 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 6:15In contextAnd they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.
- Genesis 22:4Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
- Genesis 37:18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
- Exodus 2:4And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
- Exodus 20:18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
- Exodus 20:21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
All 84 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
רָחֹק rachoq · distant
adj 1) remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones 1a) of distance, time n m 2) distance 2a) from a distance (with prep) Aramaic equivalent: ra.chiq (רְחִיק "far" H7352)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “distant” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISTANT, adjective
[Latin, standing apart.]
- Separate; having an intervening space of any indefinite extent.
- Remote in place; as, a distant object appears under a small angle.
- Remote in time, past or future; as a distant age or period of the world.
- Remote in the line of succession or descent, indefinitely; as a distant descendant; a distant ancestor; distant posterity.
All definitions
- Remote in natural connection or consanguinity; as a distant relation; distant kindred; a distant collateral line.
- Remote in nature; not allied; not agreeing with or in conformity to; as practice very distant from principles or profession.
- Remote in view; slight; faint; not very likely to be realized; as, we have a distant hope or prospect of seeing better times.
- Remote in connection; slight; faint; indirect; not easily seen or understood; as a distant hint or allusion to a person or subject.
- Reserved; shy; implying haughtiness, coldness of affection, indifference, or disrespect; as, the manners of a person are distant
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.