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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #7338 - רַחַב
Transliteration
rachab
Phonetics
rakh'-ab
Origin
from (H7337)
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TWOT
2143a
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- breadth, broad or wide expanse
Greek Equivalent Words:
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (2)
Job
2
BSB (2)
Job
2
CSB (1)
Job
2
ESV (2)
Job
2
KJV (2)
Job
2
LEB (1)
Job
1
LSB (3)
Job
3
N95 (3)
Job
3
NAS (3)
Job
3
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
Job
2
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
2759) bhr (רההב RHhB) AC: Widen CO: Street AB: Width: [from: kr]
V) bhr (רההב RHhB) - Widen: To make wide, large or roomy. KJV (25): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Participle) enlarge, wide, large, room - Strongs: H7337 (רָחַב)
Nm) bhr (רההב RHhB) - Wide: KJV (21): large, broad, proud, wide, liberty, breadth - Strongs: H7338 (רַחַב), H7342 (רָחָב)
cf) bfhr (רההוב RHhWB) - Street: As wide. KJV (43): street, ways, place - Strongs: H7339 (רְחוֹב)
gm) bhfr (רוההב RWHhB) - Width: KJV (101): breadth, broad, thickness, largeness, thick, wilderness - Strongs: H7341 (רֹחַב)
km) bhrm (מרההב MRHhB) - Wide place: KJV (6): large, breadth - Strongs: H4800 (מֶרְחָב)
AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2025
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
רַ֫חַב noun [masculine] not feminine Job 36:16 Albr ZAW xvi (1896), 94 Di Bu] breadth, broad expanse; — absolute ׳ר Job 36:16 (opposed to צָ֑ר); plural construct intensive רַחֲבֵיאָֿ֑רֶץ Job 38:18 the broad expanse of earth.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
רַחַב m., a broad space, Job 36:16, 38:18.
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List of Word Forms
רַ֭חַב רַחֲבֵי־ רחב רחבי־ ra·ḥă·ḇê- ra·ḥaḇ Rachav rachavei raḥaḇ raḥăḇê-