Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H7397
רֵכָה
Rekahray-kaw'
Rechabite; Recah
5 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Rêkâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7397is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7397
Rekah, a place in Palestine
The King James renders it: Rechah.
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
Rekah is rendered "Rechabite; Recah". It stands 5 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Four of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "Rechabite".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Chronicles 4:12Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.
1 Chronicles 4:12רֵכָֽה׃ ס
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's five uses are in Jeremiah.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: Rechabite, and Recah.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| RechabiteStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Chronicles 4:12Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash… |
| RecahStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the Rechabites4
- Recah1
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.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- הָרֵכָבִים֒1
- הָרֵכָבִ֗ים1
- הָרֵכָבִ֜ים1
- הָרֵכָבִֽים׃1
- רֵכָֽה׃ ס1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)4HTd/Ngmpa
- proper noun (a name)1HNpl
1 Chronicles
one use
Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.
- רֵכָֽה׃ סrekhahproper noun (a name)tagged: Recah
Jeremiah
four uses
“Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine.”
- הָרֵכָבִים֒harekhavimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)tagged: the Rechabites
So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the entire house of the Rechabites—
- הָרֵכָבִֽים׃harekhavimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)tagged: the Rechabites
Then I set pitchers full of wine and some cups before the men of the house of the Rechabites, and I said to them, “Drink some wine.”
- הָרֵכָבִ֗יםharekhavimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)tagged: the Rechabites
Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have kept all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do,
- הָרֵכָבִ֜יםharekhavimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)tagged: the Rechabites
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.