מֶרְחָק merchâq

Hebrew · Strong's H4801 · pronounced mer-khawk' · used 18 times in 18 verses

Meaning

remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar

In the King James Version: (a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also H1023 (בֵּית הַמֶּרְחָק).

Derivation: ; from H7368 (רָחַק);

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Where it is used

2 Samuel 15:17 So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,
Psalms 138:6 Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
Proverbs 25:25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
Proverbs 31:14 She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
Isaiah 8:9 Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
Isaiah 10:3 What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
Isaiah 13:5 They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.
Isaiah 17:13 The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
Isaiah 30:27 Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
Isaiah 33:17 Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
Isaiah 46:11 I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.
Jeremiah 4:16 Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 5:15 Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
Jeremiah 6:20 What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
Jeremiah 8:19 Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”
Jeremiah 31:10 Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.
Ezekiel 23:40 Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.
Zechariah 10:9 Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.