I. רְחוֺב noun feminine^{Daniel 9:25} [not masculine Zechariah 8:5 Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 51} compare Ges^{§ 145 p, t, u}] broad open place, plaza (Lag^{BN 178} Ba^{NB 142}); — ׳ר absolute Genesis 19:2 +, construct Judges 19:17 +, רְחֹב Judges 19:15; 2 Samuel 21:12; suffix רְחֹבָהּ Deuteronomy 13:17; Psalm 55:12; plural absolute רְחֹבוֺת Amos 5:16 +, construct id. Zechariah 8:4 + (see also רְחֹבוֺת proper name, below); suffix רְחֹבֹתֶיהָ Isaiah 15:3 +, etc.; — broad open place in city (usually near gate, Nehemiah 8:1,3,16 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 32:6; Job 29:7; "" חוּץ Jeremiah 5:1 8t., דֶּרֶךְ Proverbs 26:13, שְׁוָקִים Songs 3:2), for various private and public uses Genesis 19:2 (J), Judges 19:15,17,20; Deuteronomy 13:17; 2 Samuel 21:12; Jeremiah 5:1; Ezekiel 16:24,31; Nehemiah 8:16 (twice in verse); Isaiah 59:14; Psalm 55:12; Job 29:7, essential part of city Daniel 9:25; for lamentations Amos 5:16; Isaiah 15:3; Jeremiah 48:38, הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי שַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ ׳ר Esther 4:6 (compare Esther 4:1f.), compare Jeremiah 9:20; Jeremiah 49:26; Jeremiah 50:30; Lamentations 2:11,12; Psalm 144:14, assemblies 2Chronicles 29:4; 32:6; Ezra 10:9 (׳בֵּית הָא ׳ר), Nehemiah 8:1,3, proclamations Esther 6:9,11, speeches Proverbs 1:20; social life Zechariah 8:4,5 (twice in verse); Lamentations 4:18; Proverbs 5:16; Proverbs 7:12, compare Proverbs 22:13; Proverbs 26:13, Songs 3:3; ׳ר in Nahum 2:5 is apparently outside city (compare Assyrian rêbit Ninâ, etc.).