H7258 רֵבֶץ (rêbets) reh'-bets

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

rest

Strong's Definition

a couch or place of repose

Derivation: from H7257 (רָבַץ);

KJV Usage: where each lay, lie down in, resting place.

TWOT Reference: 2109a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) resting or dwelling place, place of lying down

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רֵ֫בֶץ (re.vets) — rest. resting or dwelling place, place of lying down

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רֵבֶץ (H7258)

noun m · רבץ

Space | ≈ נָוֶה

resting place = place where animals lie down to rest

PRO 24:15 · ISA 35:7 · ISA 65:10 · JER 50:6

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רֵ֫בֶץ n.[m.] (place of) lying down, resting- or dwelling-place base

Bible Occurrences (4)

24:15

35:7 65:10

50:6

Proverbs 24:15

Do not lie in wait, O wicked [man], near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.

Isaiah 35:7

The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass [and] reeds and papyrus.

Isaiah 65:10

Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.

Jeremiah 50:6

My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.