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