רֵבֶץ
rêbets · reh'-bets
a couch or place of repose
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7257 (רָבַץ);
a couch or place of repose
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: where each lay, lie down in, resting place.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the house, what is within › to pursue the straight path
The head, the highest of the house, what is within that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רֵבֶץ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- not his resting place1 · 25%
- where each lay1 · 25%
- to lie down in1 · 25%
- their restingplace1 · 25%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.