Quick Definition
to enlarge
Strong's Definition
to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be an en-(make) large(-ing), make room, make (open) wide.
TWOT Reference: 2143
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be or grow wide, be or grow large
1a) (Qal) to be widened, be enlarged
1b) (Niphal) broad or roomy pasture (participle)
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make large
1c2) to enlarge
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to be or grow wide, be or grow large
1a) (Qal) to be widened, be enlarged
1b) (Niphal) broad or roomy pasture (participle)
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make large
1c2) to enlarge
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רָחַב
râchab
BDB Definition:
1) to be or grow wide, be or grow large
1a) (Qal) to be widened, be enlarged
1b) (Niphal) broad or roomy pasture (participle)
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make large
1c2) to enlarge
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2143
Total KJV Occurrences: 25