- Original: מרחק - Transliteration: merchaq - Phonetic: mer-khawk' - Definition: 1. distant place, distance, far country - Origin: from H7368 - TWOT entry: 2151c - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H7368 ; remoteness that is (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar: - (a dwell in very) far (country off). See also H1023 . Total KJV Occurrences: 18 • afar, 1 Proverbs 31:14 • countries, 1 Zechariah 10:9 • country, 2 Proverbs 25:25; Isaiah 13:5 • far, 9 Isaiah 8:9; Isaiah 10:3; Isaiah 30:27; Isaiah 46:11; Jeremiah 4:16; Jeremiah 5:15; Jeremiah 6:20; Jeremiah 8:19; Ezekiel 23:40 • off, 5 2 Samuel 15:17; Psalm 138:6; Isaiah 17:13; Isaiah 33:17; Jeremiah 31:10