Strong's Hebrew · H7337
H7337 râchab
רָחַב
raw-khab'
to enlarge
râchab appears 25 times in Scripture, including Genesis 26:22 and Exodus 34:24. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
In the King James Version
be an en-(make) large(-ing), make room, make (open) wide.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 25 times in Scripture
“Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.”
“Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.”
“For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.”
“And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,”
“You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.”
“At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.”
“He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.””
“When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.”
“Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.”
“The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
