Hebrew word · H7397

רֵכָבִי

rekhah

Rechabite

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.10.15;

son of: Hammath (H2575B);

father of: Jonadab (H3082)

Group of re.khav (רֵכָב "Rechab" H7394H)

Rechabite = inhabitant of Rechar

inhabitant of Rechar, a place in Judah

perhaps the village of 'Rashiah' 3 miles (5 km) south of Jerusalem

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:12 רֵכָֽה׃ ס Recah

    Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.

Jeremiah · 4

  1. Jeremiah 35:2 הָרֵכָבִים֒ the Rechabites

    “Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine.”

  2. Jeremiah 35:3 הָרֵכָבִֽים׃ the Rechabites

    So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the entire house of the Rechabites—

  3. Jeremiah 35:5 הָרֵכָבִ֗ים the Rechabites

    Then I set pitchers full of wine and some cups before the men of the house of the Rechabites, and I said to them, “Drink some wine.”

  4. Jeremiah 35:18 הָרֵכָבִ֜ים the Rechabites

    Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have kept all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do,

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