Word Study · Strong's H7552 · Hebrew
רֶקֶם
Reqem
reh'-kem
“Rekem, the name of a place in Palestine, also of a Midianite and an Israelite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Rekem, the name of a place in Palestine, also of a Midianite and an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Rekem.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- וְרֶ֥קֶם2
- רֶ֙קֶם֙2
- וְרֶ֖קֶם1
- וָרָֽקֶם׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- and Rekem4
- Rekem2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
- proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Npm · 3
- HNpm · 2
- HC/Npl · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 13:21רֶ֙קֶם֙rekemproper noun (a name)all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.here: Rekem
- Joshua 18:27וְרֶ֥קֶםverekemconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,here: and Rekem
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:43וְרֶ֥קֶםverekemconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Hebron:here: and Rekem
- 1 Chronicles 2:44וְרֶ֖קֶםverekemconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.here: and Rekem
- 1 Chronicles 7:16וָרָֽקֶם׃varakemconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.here: and Rekem