H7339 - רְחֹב (rᵉchôb)

H7339 רְחֹב (rᵉchôb) rekh-obe'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

street/plaza

Strong's Definition

a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area

Derivation: or רְחוֹב; from H7337 (רָחַב);

KJV Usage: broad place (way), street. See also H1050 (בֵּית רְחוֹב).

TWOT Reference: 2143d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) broad or open place or plaza

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1886 G3598 G4505

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

broad or open place or plaza

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רְחוֹב / רְחֹב rechôb BDB Definition: 1) broad or open place or plaza Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7337 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2143d Total KJV Occurrences: 44

Bible Occurrences (40)

19:2

13:16

19:15 19:17 19:20

21:12

29:4 32:6

10:9

8:1 8:3 8:16

4:6 6:9 6:11

29:7

55:11 144:14

1:20 5:16 7:12 22:13 26:13

15:3 59:14

5:1 9:21 48:38 49:26 50:30

2:11 2:12 4:18

16:24 16:31

9:25

5:16

2:4

8:4 8:5

Genesis 19:2

and said,...... My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way. No,... they answered, we will spend the night in the square.

Deuteronomy 13:16

And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn... the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. [The city] must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt....

Judges 19:15

They stopped... to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.

Judges 19:17

When he looked up... and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, Where are you going, and where have you come from?

Judges 19:20

Peace to you, said the old man. Let me supply... everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.

2 Samuel 21:12

he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead..., [who] had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan... where the Philistines had hung [the bodies]... after [they] had struck down Saul at Gilboa.

2 Chronicles 29:4

Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side.

2 Chronicles 32:6

Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in... the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged... them, saying,