Hobab
חֹבָבStrong’s H2246chovav (cho-vav)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chovav is the Hebrew word usually translated “hobab”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.10.29
How it's translated
- to hobab 1
- hobab 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 1
- Judges 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
חֹבָב chovav · Hobab
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.10.29; son of: Jethro (H3503); brother of: Zipporah (H6855) and Eliasaph (H0460) § Hobab = "cherished" the son of Reuel, the Midianite father-in-law of Moses, also known as Jethro, and brother-in-law of Moses
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.