# H4801 מֶרְחָק

מֶרְחָק (merchâq), Strong’s H4801: remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar KJV: (a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also H1023 (בֵּית הַמֶּרְחָק)…

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

KJV: (a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also H1023 (בֵּית הַמֶּרְחָק).

Derived from [רָחַק râchaq](https://besorah.bible/word/H7368) (to widen)

Occurs 17 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מֶרְחָק n.m. distant place, distance

## Where it occurs
- [Isaiah 8:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/8?v=9) — Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be…
- [Isaiah 10:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/10?v=3) — What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for…
- [Isaiah 13:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/13?v=5) — They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to…
- [Isaiah 17:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/17?v=13) — The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be…
- [Isaiah 30:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/30?v=27) — Behold, the LORD’s name comes from far away, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke. His lips are full of…
- [Isaiah 33:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/33?v=17) — Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.
- [Isaiah 46:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/46?v=11) — I call a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yes, I have spoken. I will also bring…
- [Jeremiah 4:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/4?v=16) — “Tell the nations, behold, publish against Jerusalem, ‘Watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against…
- [Jeremiah 5:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/5?v=15) — Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far away, house of Israel,” says the LORD. “It is a mighty nation. It is an…
- [Jeremiah 6:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/6?v=20) — To what purpose does frankincense from Sheba come to me, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings…