Lexical Summary rechob: a broad open place, plaza Original Word: רְחֹבTransliteration: rechob Phonetic Spelling: (rekh-obe') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a broad open place, plaza Meaning: a broad open place, plaza Strong's Concordance broad place way, street Or rchowb {rekh-obe'}; from rachab; a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area -- broad place (way), street. See also Beyth Rchowb. see HEBREW rachab see HEBREW Beyth Rchowb Brown-Driver-Briggs H7339. rechob I. רְחוֺב noun feminineDaniel 9:25 [not masculine Zechariah 8:5 AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 51 compare Ges§ 145 p, t, u] broad open place, plaza (LagBN 178 BaNB 142); — ׳ר absolute Genesis 19:2 +, construct Judges 19:17 +, רְחֹב 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); 2 Chronicles 32:6; Job 29:7; "" חוּץ Jeremiah 5:1 8t., דֶּרֶךְ Proverbs 26:13, שְׁוָקִים Song of Solomon 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, ׳ר הַמֶּלֶךְ שַׁעַר לִפְנֵי אֲשֶׁר הָעִיר Esther 4:6 (compare 4:1f.), compare Jeremiah 9:20; 49:26; 50:30; Lamentations 2:11-12, Psalm 144:14, assemblies 2 Chronicles 29:4; 32:6; Ezra 10:9 (׳ר הָא ׳בֵּית), 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; 7:12, compare 22:13; 26:13, Song of Solomon 3:3; ׳ר in Nahum 2:5 is apparently outside city (compare Assyrian rêbit Ninâ, etc.). |
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