Rehob
רְחוֹבStrong’s H7340rechov (re-chov)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rechov is the Hebrew word usually translated “rehob”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.”
Meaning
- § Rehob = "broad place"
- § Rehob = "broad place"
- Father of Hadadezer the king of Zobah who was killed by David
- A Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
- The northern limit of the exploration of the spies in Canaan; on the road to Hamath
- A town in Asher
- A second town by the same name also in Asher
- Father of Hadadezer the king of Zobah who was killed by David
- A Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
- The northern limit of the exploration of the spies in Canaan; on the road to Hamath
- A town in Asher
- A second town by the same name also in Asher
How it's translated
- rehob 7
- and rehob 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 3
- 2 Samuel 3
- Numbers 1
- Judges 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Nehemiah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 19:28And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
- Joshua 19:30Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
- Joshua 21:31Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
- Judges 1:31Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
- 2 Samuel 8:3David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
- 2 Samuel 8:12Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
Hebrew dictionary
רְחוֹב rechov · Rehob
§ Rehob = "broad place" the northern limit of the exploration of the spies in Canaan; on the road to Hamath
רְחוֹב rechov · Rehob
§ Rehob = "broad place" a town in Asher
רְחוֹב rechov · Rehob
A man of Zobah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.3; father of: Hadadezer (H1909) § Rehob = "broad place" 1) father of Hadadezer the king of Zobah who was killed by David 2) a Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 3) the northern limit of the exploration of the spies in Canaan; on the road to Hamath 4) a town in Asher 5) a second town by the same name also in Asher
רְחוֹב rechov · Rehob
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.11 § Rehob = "broad place" 1) father of Hadadezer the king of Zobah who was killed by David 2) a Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 3) the northern limit of the exploration of the spies in Canaan; on the road to Hamath 4) a town in Asher 5) a second town by the same name also in Asher
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.