Word Study · Strong's H7394 · Hebrew
רֵכָב
Rekab
ray-kawb'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Rêkâb
“Rekab, the name of two Arabs and of two Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Rekab, the name of two Arabs and of two Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Rechab.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- רֵכָ֔ב2
- וְרֵכָ֛ב1
- רֵכָ֗ב1
- רֵכָ֣ב1
- רֵכָ֨ב1
- רֵכָ֖ב1
- רֵכָ֜ב1
- רֵכָב֙1
- רֵ֠כָב1
- רֵכָ֛ב1
- רֵכָ֣ב׀1
- רֵכָֽב׃ ס1
How it is rendered · 3
- Rechab11
- [was] Rechab1
- and Rechab1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)12
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 12
- HC/Npm · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Jeremiah5 of 13 · 38%
- 2 Samuel4 of 13 · 31%
- 2 Kings2 of 13 · 15%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 13 · 8%
- Nehemiah1 of 13 · 8%
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2 Samuel4 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 4:2רֵכָ֗בrekhavproper noun (a name)Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,here: [was] Rechab
- 2 Samuel 4:5רֵכָ֣בrekhavproper noun (a name)Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.here: Rechab
- 2 Samuel 4:6וְרֵכָ֛בverekhavconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.here: and Rechab
- 2 Samuel 4:9רֵכָ֣ב׀rekhavproper noun (a name)But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,here: Rechab
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 10:15רֵכָ֨בrekhavproper noun (a name)When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,here: Rechab
- 2 Kings 10:23רֵכָ֖בrekhavproper noun (a name)Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”here: Rechab
Jeremiah5 occurrences
- Jeremiah 35:6רֵכָ֜בrekhavproper noun (a name)“We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to drink wine.here: Rechab
- Jeremiah 35:8רֵכָב֙rekhavproper noun (a name)And we have obeyed the voice of our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab in all he commanded us. So we have not drunk wine all our lives—neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters.here: Rechab
- Jeremiah 35:14רֵ֠כָבrekhoproper noun (a name)The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!here: Rechab
- Jeremiah 35:16רֵכָ֔בrekhavproper noun (a name)Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.here: Rechab
- Jeremiah 35:19רֵכָ֛בrekhavproper noun (a name)this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”here: Rechab