Street/plaza
רְחוֹבStrong’s H7339rechov (re-chov)
Appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rechov is the Hebrew word usually translated “open places”, “open places its” and “open place of”. It appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament.
“Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.”
Meaning
- Broad or open place or plaza
How it's translated
- in the open places 4
- in open places its 4
- in open place of 3
- in open places of 3
- in the open place 2
- in open square of 2
- open place of 2
- the open space 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 5
- Jeremiah 5
- Judges 3
- Nehemiah 3
- Esther 3
- Lamentations 3
20 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 8:4In contextThus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
- Zechariah 8:5In contextAnd the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
- Genesis 19:2And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
- Deuteronomy 13:16And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
- Judges 19:15And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.
- Judges 19:17And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
All 41 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
רְחוֹב rechov · street/plaza
broad or open place or plaza
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.