רְחֹב
rᵉchôb · rekh-obe'
a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
Lexicon
Derivation: or רְחוֹב; from H7337 (רָחַב);
a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: broad place (way), street. See also H1050 (בֵּית רְחוֹב).
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to separate and protect › the house, what is within
The head, the highest that works to separate and protect of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְחֹב 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
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the streets8 · 20%
- in the street5 · 12%
- the street2 · 5%
- and in the street2 · 5%
- through the street2 · 5%
- in our streets2 · 5%
- in every street2 · 5%
- of the street1 · 2%
- in a street1 · 2%
- not in the street1 · 2%
- them from the street1 · 2%
- street1 · 2%
- to him in the street1 · 2%
- into the street1 · 2%
- unto the street1 · 2%
- not from her streets1 · 2%
- the streets1 · 2%
- is in the streets1 · 2%
- and in the broad ways1 · 2%
- of their houses, and in their streets1 · 2%
- in the broad places1 · 2%
- from the streets1 · 2%
- and in the streets1 · 2%
- in her streets1 · 2%
- shall be in all streets1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
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.