Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H7552
רֶקֶם
Reqemreh'-kem
Rekem
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7552is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7552
Rekem, the name of a place in Palestine, also of a Midianite and an Israelite
The King James renders it: Rekem.
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
Reqem is rendered "Rekem". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in 1 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 31:8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
Numbers 31:8רֶ֙קֶם֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's six uses are in 1 Chronicles.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and Rekem4
- Rekem2
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 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- וְרֶ֥קֶם2
- רֶ֙קֶם֙2
- וְרֶ֖קֶם1
- וָרָֽקֶם׃1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3HC/Npm
- proper noun (a name)2HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npl
Numbers
one use
Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
- רֶ֙קֶם֙rekemproper noun (a name)tagged: Rekem
Joshua
two uses
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.
- רֶ֙קֶם֙rekemproper noun (a name)tagged: Rekem
Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
- וְרֶ֥קֶםverekemconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Rekem
1 Chronicles
three uses
The sons of Hebron:
- וְרֶ֥קֶםverekemconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Rekem
Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.
- וְרֶ֖קֶםverekemconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Rekem
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.
- וָרָֽקֶם׃varakemconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Rekem
The letters
Gematria 340· 900 mispar gadol
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.