רְחַבְיָה
Rᵉchabyâh · rekh-ab-yaw'
Rechabjah, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: or רְחַבְיָהוּ; from H7337 (רָחַב) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has enlarged;
Rechabjah, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Rehabiah.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to separate and protect › the house, what is within › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest that works to separate and protect of the house, what is within of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְחַבְיָה 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of rehabiah2 · 40%
- were, rehabiah1 · 20%
- concerning rehabiah1 · 20%
- rehabiah1 · 20%
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.