Word Study · Strong's H7340 · Hebrew
רְחֹב
Rechob
rekh-obe'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Rᵉchôb
“Rechob, the name of a place in Syria, also of a Syrian and an Israelite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Rechob, the name of a place in Syria, also of a Syrian and an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Rehob.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- רְחֹ֖ב5
- וּרְחֹ֖ב1
- וּרְחֹ֑ב1
- וּרְחוֹב֙1
- רְחֹֽב׃1
- רְח֖וֹב1
How it is rendered · 2
- Rehob7
- and Rehob3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)4
- proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 4
- HNpm · 3
- HC/Npl · 2
- HC/Npm · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Joshua3 of 10 · 30%
- 2 Samuel3 of 10 · 30%
- Numbers1 of 10 · 10%
- Judges1 of 10 · 10%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 10 · 10%
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Numbers1 occurrence
Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 19:28וּרְחֹ֖בurechoconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.here: and Rehob
- Joshua 19:30וּרְחֹ֑בurechoconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, along with their villages.here: and Rehob
- Joshua 21:31רְחֹ֖בrechoproper noun (a name)Helkath, and Rehob—four cities, together with their pasturelands.here: Rehob
Judges1 occurrence
2 Samuel3 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 8:3רְחֹ֖בrechoproper noun (a name)David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.here: Rehob
- 2 Samuel 8:12רְחֹ֖בrechoproper noun (a name)from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.here: Rehob
- 2 Samuel 10:8וּרְחוֹב֙urechovconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.here: and Rehob
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Same headword in Strong's