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Strong's #7340 - רְחוֹב
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Rehob = “broad place”
1) father of Hadadezer the king of Zobah who was killed by David (noun proper masculine)
2) a Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (noun proper masculine)
3) the northern limit of the exploration of the spies in Canaan; on the road to Hamath (noun proper locative)
4) a town in Asher (noun proper locative)
5) a second town by the same name also in Asher (noun proper locative)
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1 (compare Lag BN 56f.)
location: a. towards Hamath, רְחוֺב 2 Samuel 10:8 (ᵐ5 L Βαιθρααβ), רְחֹב Numbers 13:21 (P); = ׳בֵּית ר q. v. p. 112 (also ᵐ5 1 Samuel 14:47 Βαιθεωρ, ᵐ5 L Βαιθροωβι).
b.רְחב in Asher: (1) Joshua 19:28 (P); (2) [perhaps = (1)], Joshua 19:30 (P), Judges 1:31, Levitical city Joshua 21:31 (P) = 1 Chronicles 6:60; Egyptian Raµubu, north of Kishon, WMM As.u.Eur 153
2. masculine: a. Aramaic name, רְחֹב 2 Samuel 8:3,12.
b. post-exilic Levite, רְחוֺב Nehemiah 10:12.