The meaning of “רֹחַב”
Understanding rôchab reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness. - width (literally or figuratively) 1) breadth, width, expanse
רֹחַב
breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness. - width (literally or figuratively) 1) breadth, width, expanse
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 13:17 | “Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.” Word: רֹחַב (rôchab) | |
| Exodus 30:2 | “A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.” Word: רֹחַב (rôchab) | |
| Deuteronomy 3:11 | “For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.” Word: רֹחַב (rôchab) | |
| 1 Kings 6:20 | “And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.” Word: רֹחַב (rôchab) | |
| 2 Chronicles 3:8 | “And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.” Word: רֹחַב (rôchab) |
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