רְחַבְעָם
Rᵉchabʻâm · rekh-ab-awm'
Rechabam, an Israelite king
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7337 (רָחַב) and H5971 (עַם); a people has enlarged;
Rechabam, an Israelite king
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Rehoboam.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to separate and protect › the house, what is within › to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The head, the highest that works to separate and protect of the house, what is within that works to see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְחַבְעָם 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
50 occurrences · 50 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- rehoboam15 · 30%
- and rehoboam11 · 22%
- to rehoboam7 · 14%
- unto rehoboam3 · 6%
- between rehoboam3 · 6%
- and when rehoboam2 · 4%
- of rehoboam2 · 4%
- even unto rehoboam1 · 2%
- was rehoboam1 · 2%
- and made rehoboam1 · 2%
- and it came to pass, when rehoboam1 · 2%
- for rehoboam1 · 2%
- themselves against rehoboam1 · 2%
- when rehoboam1 · 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.