Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
distance
Usage: distant place, distance, far country
Merchaq means “dwell in” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4801 — syzeugnymi (“join together”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4801 מֶרחָק (merchaq) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. merchaq (mer-khawk') n-m. 1. remoteness 2. (concretely) a distant place It has 18 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include far, afar, place, very, and dwell. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
merchaq (mer-khawk') n-m. 1. remoteness 2. (concretely) a distant place 3. (adverbially, often) from afar KJV: (a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also H1023. Root(s): H7368 See also: H1023
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distance
Usage: distant place, distance, far country
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render merchaq, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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18 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
First 18 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4801.
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,
And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4801, grouped by book.
Merchaq (Strong's H4801) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "dwell in". merchaq (mer-khawk') n-m. 1. remoteness 2. (concretely) a distant place
This page currently indexes 18 linked usages for Strong's H4801 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4801 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as far, afar, place, very, and dwell. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.