# מֶרְחָב (merchav)

Israeli respelling: mer-chav. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4800. 6 Old Testament occurrences.

enlargement, either literally (an open space, usually in a good sense), or figuratively (liberty)

King James renderings: breadth, large place (room).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/merchav-h4800

## Occurrences

- [2 Samuel 22:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/20) — He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- [Psalms 18:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/19) — He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- [Psalms 31:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/31/8) — And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
- [Psalms 118:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/118/5) — I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
- [Hosea 4:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/4/16) — For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
- [Habakkuk 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/1/6) — For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling…