Oreb
עֹרֵבStrong’s H6159orev (o-rev)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Orev is the Hebrew word usually translated “oreb” and “like oreb”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.”
Meaning
- One of the chieftains of the Midianite army defeated by Gideon
- A rock east of the Jordan where Oreb and part of his army fell to the Ephraimites
How it's translated
- oreb 6
- like oreb 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 2
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 8:3God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
- Psalms 83:11Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
- Isaiah 10:26And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
Hebrew dictionary
עֹרֵב orev · Oreb
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.7.25 § Oreb = "raven" 1) one of the chieftains of the Midianite army defeated by Gideon 2) a rock east of the Jordan where Oreb and part of his army fell to the Ephraimites
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.