the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Strong's #7394 - רֵכָב
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Rechabites = see Rechab “rider”
1) father of Jehonadab in the time of king Jehu of the northern kingdom of Israel (noun proper masculine)
2) father of Malchijah, a leader of the district of Beth Haccerem and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah (noun proper masculine)
3) one of the 2 captains whom Ishbosheth took into his service and who conspired to murder him (noun proper masculine)
4) descendants of Rechab (adjective proper)
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camels used in journeying); — 1 Πηχαβ:
a. in ׳יְהוֺנָדָב בֶּןרֿ (Jehu's time, see ׳יְהו) 2 Kings 10:15,13, whose descendants [or, the members of whose society, RS K 15, yet see Nö ZMG xi (1886). 171] were contemporary with Jeremiah , Jeremiah 35:6,8,14,16,19; 1 Chronicles 2:55 הַקִּינִים (see קֵינִי) are said to be descended from „mmath, אֲבִי בֵיתרֵֿכָב. — On the asceticism of different tribes compare Diod xix.94 (Nabataeans), Palmer Desert 432 ( Kheibari Jews in Arabia); see also Berthol Stellung Israel Zu d, Freemden 80.
b. (perhaps= a, so Emey Entstehung 147) in ׳מַלְכִּיָּה בֶןרֿ Nehemiah 3:14.
2 in Benjamin, 2 Samuel 4:2 (πηχαβ), 2 Samuel 4:3; 2 Samuel 4:6; 2 Samuel 4:9 (πεκχα; A ᵐ5 L Πηχαβ in all).
[רֵכָבִי]
adjective, of a people of רֵכָב of
1, only plural הָרֵכָבִים as substantive, in ׳בֵּית הָר Jeremiah 35:2; Jeremiah 32:3; Jeremiah 35:18, ׳בְּנֵי בֵיתהָֿר Jeremiah 35:3, Απχαβεί, Παχαβεί, etc.
רֵכָב (“horseman”), [Rechab], pr.n., borne by
(1) the ancestor of the house of the Rechabites, who were bound by a vow ever to preserve a nomadic life, 2 Kings 10:15, 23 2 Kings 10:23; Jeremiah 35:2, seqq.; 1 Chronicles 2:55, compare Diod. Sic. xix. 94. Patron. רֵכָבִי Jer. loc. cit.
(2) 2 Samuel 4:2.
(3) Nehemiah 3:14.
