Hebrew noun (feminine) · H7339
רְחֹב
rechobrekh-obe'
street/plaza
43 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: rᵉchôb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7339is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 20 of 39Old Testament books
- 36spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7339
a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
The King James renders it: broad place (way), street. See also H1050 (בֵּית רְחוֹב).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
rechob is rendered "street/plaza". It stands 43 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty books.
- Five of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 19:2and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-six different ways.
The first use
and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
Genesis 19:2בָרְח֖וֹב
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twenty of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- in open places its4
- in the open places4
- in open place of3
- in open places of3
- and in open places its2
- and in open space of2
- in open places our2
- in open square of2
- in the open place2
- open place2
- open place of2
- open places2
and 12 more, 43 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 43, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
36 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בִּרְח֣וֹב3
- בִּרְחֹב֖וֹת2
- בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹת2
- בָּרְחֹב֑וֹת2
- בִּרְחֹבֹתֶ֑יהָ2
- רְח֣וֹב2
- בִּרְחֹ֣ב1
- בִּרְחֹב֣וֹת1
- בִּרְחֹֽבֹתֶֽיהָ׃ ס1
- בִּרְחֹבֹתֵ֑ינוּ1
- בִּרְחֹבֹתֵֽינוּ׃1
- בִּרְחוֹב֙1
and 24 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)7HR/Ncfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular4HR/Ncfpc/Sp3fs
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural4HRd/Ncfpa
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular4HRd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular3HNcfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncfpc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HC/R/Ncfpc/Sp3fs
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/R/Ncfsc
- noun · feminine plural2HNcfpa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural2HR/Ncfpc/Sp1bp
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2HTd/Ncfsa
Genesis
one use
and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
- בָרְח֖וֹבvarechovpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the open place
Deuteronomy
one use
And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
- רְחֹבָהּ֒rechovahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: open place its
Judges
three uses
They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.
- בִּרְח֣וֹבbirchovpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in open square of
When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”
- בִּרְחֹ֣בbirchopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in open square of
“Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”
- בָּרְח֖וֹבbarechovpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the open square
2 Samuel
one use
he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
- מֵרְחֹ֣בmerechopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from open square of
2 Chronicles
two uses
Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side.
- לִרְח֥וֹבlirchovpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to open place of
Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,
- רְחוֹב֙rechovnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: open place of
Ezra
one use
So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
- בִּרְחוֹב֙birchovpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in open place of
Nehemiah
four uses
At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
- הָ֣רְח֔וֹבharechovthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the open space
So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
- הָרְח֜וֹבharechovthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the open space
And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
- וּבִרְחוֹב֙uvirchovconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and in open space of
- וּבִרְח֖וֹבuvirchovconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and in open space of
Esther
three uses
So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,
- רְח֣וֹבrechovnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: open place of
Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”
- בִּרְח֣וֹבbirchovpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in open place of
So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
- בִּרְח֣וֹבbirchovpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in open place of
Job
one use
When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
- בָּ֝רְח֗וֹבbarechovpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the public square
Psalms
two uses
Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
- מֵ֝רְחֹבָ֗הּmerechovahpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: from public square its
Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.
- בִּרְחֹבֹתֵֽינוּ׃birchoteinupreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: in open places our
Proverbs
five uses
Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
- בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹתbarechovotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: in the open places
Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
- בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹתbarechovotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: in the open places
Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
- בָּרְחֹב֑וֹתbarechovotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: in the open places
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
- רְ֝חֹב֗וֹתrechovotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: open places
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
- הָרְחֹבֽוֹת׃harechovotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the open places
Song of Solomon
one use
I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
- וּבָ֣רְחֹב֔וֹתuvarechovotconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and in the open places
Isaiah
two uses
In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
- וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֛יהָuvirchoteihaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and in open places its
So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
- בָֽרְחוֹב֙varechovpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the open place
Jeremiah
five uses
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
- בִרְחוֹבוֹתֶ֔יהָvirchooteihapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: in open places its
For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
- מֵרְחֹבֽוֹת׃merechovotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: from open places
On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.
- וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֖יהָuvirchoteihaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and in open places its
For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
- בִּרְחֹבֹתֶ֑יהָbirchoteihapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: in open places its
Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.
- בִּרְחֹבֹתֶ֑יהָbirchoteihapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: in open places its
Lamentations
three uses
My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
- בִּרְחֹב֖וֹתbirchovotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in open places of
They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers.
- בִּרְחֹב֣וֹתbirchovotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in open places of
They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!
- בִּרְחֹבֹתֵ֑ינוּbirchoteinupreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: in open places our
Ezekiel
two uses
you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.
- רְחֽוֹב׃rechovnoun · feminine singulartagged: open place
But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
- רְח֑וֹבrechovnoun · feminine singulartagged: open place
Daniel
one use
Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.
- רְח֣וֹבrechovnoun · feminine singulartagged: an open place
Amos
one use
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.
- רְחֹב֣וֹתrechovotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: open places
Nahum
one use
The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.
- בָּרְחֹב֑וֹתbarechovotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: in the open places
Zechariah
three uses
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.
- בִּרְחֹב֖וֹתbirchovotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in open places of
And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”
- וּרְחֹב֤וֹתurechovotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and open places of
- בִּרְחֹֽבֹתֶֽיהָ׃ סbirchooteihapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: in open places its
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
