Quick Definition
distance
Strong's Definition
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
Derivation: ; from H7368 (רָחַק);
KJV Usage: (a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also H1023 (בֵּית הַמֶּרְחָק).
TWOT Reference: 2151c
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
מֶרְחָק (mer.chaq) — distance. distant place, distance, far country
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · רחק
Space
far, distant = state in which humans, deities, objects, or events are located in a place that is at a relatively great distance from the point of reference
2SA 15:17 · PSA 138:6 · PRO 25:25 · PRO 31:14 · ISA 8:9 · ISA 10:3 · ISA 13:5 · ISA 17:13 · ISA 30:27 · ISA 33:17 · ISA 46:11 · JER 4:16 · JER 5:15 · JER 6:20 · JER 8:19 · JER 31:10 · EZK 23:40 · ZEC 10:9
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מֶרְחָק n.m. distant place, distance base