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rēxāv רֵכָב ‘Rechab’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from rāxav רָכַב ‘to ride’
Roots: רכב

rēxāv pr n m pers
Rechab = "rider"
n pr m
1) father of Jehonadab in the time of king Jehu of the northern kingdom of Israel
2) father of Malchijah, a leader of the district of Beth Haccerem and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
3) one of the 2 captains whom Ishbosheth took into his service and who conspired to murder him
Rechabites = see Rechab "rider"
adj pr
4) descendants of Rechab

Mentioned in 2 Samuel 4:6, 4:9, 4:2, 4:5 2 Kings 10:15, 10:23 Jeremiah 35:6, 35:8, 35:14, 35:16, 35:19 Nehemiah 3:14 1 Chronicles 2:55

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