רַחַב

rachav · breadth, wide place

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7338 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

rachav (רַחַב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “breadth, wide place”.

Width, a broad place without obstacle.

How to say it

ra·chav

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A wide expanse without narrowness.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • breadths ×1
  • broad place ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Job 36:16

    And he also incites you to come out from the mouth of distress into a broad place, with no constraint beneath it, and what is set on your table is full of fatness.

  • Job 38:18

    Have you considered to the breadths of the earth? Declare it, if you know it all.