Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H7394
רֵכָב
Rekabray-kawb'
Rechab
13 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Rêkâb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7394is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7394
Rekab, the name of two Arabs and of two Israelites
The King James renders it: Rechab.
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
Rekab is rendered "Rechab". It stands 13 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Five of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 4:2Saul’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,
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
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,
2 Samuel 4:2רֵכָ֗ב
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's thirteen uses are in Jeremiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Rechab12
- and Rechab1
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.
The words it stands beside
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 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
- רֵכָ֔ב2
- וְרֵכָ֛ב1
- רֵכָ֗ב1
- רֵכָ֣ב1
- רֵכָ֨ב1
- רֵכָ֖ב1
- רֵכָ֜ב1
- רֵכָב֙1
- רֵ֠כָב1
- רֵכָ֛ב1
- רֵכָ֣ב׀1
- רֵכָֽב׃ ס1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)12HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm
2 Samuel
four uses
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,
- רֵכָ֗בrekhavproper noun (a name)tagged: Rechab
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.
- רֵכָ֣בrekhavproper noun (a name)tagged: Rechab
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.
- וְרֵכָ֛בverekhavconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Rechab
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,
- רֵכָ֣ב׀rekhavproper noun (a name)tagged: Rechab
2 Kings
two uses
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,
- רֵכָ֨בrekhavproper noun (a name)tagged: Rechab
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.”
- רֵכָ֖בrekhavproper noun (a name)tagged: Rechab
1 Chronicles
one use
Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
- רֵכָֽב׃ סrekhavproper noun (a name)tagged: Rechab
Nehemiah
one use
The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
- רֵכָ֔בrekhavproper noun (a name)tagged: Rechab
Jeremiah
five uses
“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.
- רֵכָ֜בrekhavproper noun (a name)tagged: Rechab
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.
- רֵכָב֙rekhavproper noun (a name)tagged: Rechab
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!
- רֵ֠כָבrekhoproper noun (a name)tagged: Rechab
Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.
- רֵכָ֔בrekhavproper noun (a name)tagged: Rechab
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.’”
- רֵכָ֛בrekhavproper noun (a name)tagged: Rechab
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.