Rehoboth — the meaning of the Hebrew name רְחֹבוֹת

רְחֹבוֹת

Rᵉchôbôwth · pronounced rekh-o-both' · Strong's H7344 · a place

Rehoboth means streets.

Built from

רְחֹב rᵉchôb (plural of, H7339) — a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area open in the lexicon ›

or רְחֹבֹת; plural of H7339; streets; Rechoboth, a place in Assyria and one in Palestine.

Gen 10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, (KJV)

4 occurrences in 4 verses — Genesis, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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