רְחֹבוֹת
Rᵉchôbôwth · rekh-o-both'
Rechoboth, a place in Assyria and one in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: or רְחֹבֹת; plural of H7339 (רְחֹב); streets;
Rechoboth, a place in Assyria and one in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Rehoboth.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to separate and protect › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
The head, the highest that works to separate and protect of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְחֹבוֹת 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 · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- rehoboth2 · 50%
- of rehoboth2 · 50%
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.