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רָחָב
râchâb · Hebrew · Strong's H7342 · 21 occurrences
The KJV renders 13 different Hebrew and Greek words as “proud”
What it means
roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively
from H7337 (רָחַב);
How the KJV renders it
broad, large, at liberty, proud, wide
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“proud”
also renders hyperḗphanos (G5244), gêʼ (H1341), gêʼeh (H1343), gâʼôwn (H1347), gâbâhh (H1362), gâbôahh (H1364), zêd (H2086), zâdôwn (H2087), yâhîyr (H3093), rahab (H7293), râhâb (H7295), rûwm (H7311)
“broad”
also renders eurýchōros (G2149), riqquaʻ (H7555)
“wide”
also renders platýs (G4116), middâh (H4060)
“at liberty”
also renders eleútheros (G1658)
Where it appears
21 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
1 Chronicles 4:40 · HAafsc
They found rich, good pasture, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceful, for those who lived there before were descended from Ham.
Exodus 3:8 · HC/Aafsa
I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Ezekiel 23:32 · HC/Td/Aafsa
“The Lord Yahweh says: ‘You will drink of your sister’s cup, which is deep and large. You will be ridiculed and held in derision. It contains much.
Genesis 34:21 · HAafsc
“These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them. Let’s take their daughters to us for wives, and let’s give them our daughters.
Isaiah 22:18 · HAafsc
He will surely wind you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a large country. There you will die, and there the chariots of your glory will be, you disgrace of your lord’s house.
Isaiah 33:21 · HAampc
But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of wide rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.
Judges 18:10 HAafscJeremiah 51:58 HTd/AafsaJob 11:9 HC/AafsaJob 30:14 HAamsaNehemiah 3:8 HTd/AafsaNehemiah 4:19 HC/AafsaNehemiah 7:4 HAafscNehemiah 9:35 HTd/AafsaNehemiah 12:38 HTd/AafsaProverbs 21:4 HC/AamscProverbs 28:25 HAamscPsalm 101:5 HC/AamscPsalm 104:25 HC/AamscPsalm 119:45 HRd/AafsaPsalm 119:96 HAafsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.