Deuteronomy 15:8
But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
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Wide
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Matthew 7:13
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
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פָּתַח
pâthach · paw-thakh'
3 times translated as this KJV form144 total Strong's occurrences
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Strong's KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 15:8Strong's last: Nahum 3:13
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râchab · raw-khab'
3 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences
to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
Strong's KJV usage: be an en-(make) large(-ing), make room, make (open) wide.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 35:21Strong's last: Isaiah 57:4
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râchâb · raw-khawb'
3 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: broad, large, at liberty, proud, wide.
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 4:40Strong's last: Psalms 104:25
Open full H7342 profile →חֶבֶר
cheber · kheh'-ber
2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
a society; also a spell
Strong's KJV usage: charmer(-ing), company, enchantment, × wide.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 21:9Strong's last: Proverbs 25:24
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platýs · plat-oos'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
spread out "flat" ("plot"), i.e. broad
Strong's KJV usage: :--wide.
Strong's first: Matthew 7:13Strong's last: Matthew 7:13
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middâh · mid-daw'
1 times translated as this KJV form55 total Strong's occurrences
properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as measured)
Strong's KJV usage: garment, measure(-ing, meteyard, piece, size, (great) stature, tribute, wide.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 22:14Strong's last: Jeremiah 22:14
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pâsaq · paw-sak'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to dispart (the feet or lips), i.e. become licentious
Strong's KJV usage: open (wide).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 13:3Strong's last: Proverbs 13:3
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H6605
But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
H6605
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
English meaning and historical usage.
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wide
WIDE, adjective
1. Broad; having a great or considerable distance or extent between the sides; opposed to narrow; as wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry. In this use, wide is distinguished from long, which refers to the extent or distance between the ends.
2. Broad; having a great extent each way; as a wide plain; the wide ocean.
3. Remote; distant. This position is very wide from the truth.
4. Broad to a certain degree; as three feet wide
WIDE, adverb
1. At a distance; far. His fame was spread wide
2. With great extent; used chiefly in composition; as wide-skirted meads; wide-waving swords; wide-wasting pestilence; wide-spreading evil.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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