רֵכָב
re.khav
Rechab
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe word "Rechab" (H7394G) is a proper name in the Hebrew language, meaning it refers to a specific person. This name appears 4 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in the narrative. Given its categorization as a proper name, "Rechab" likely denotes the name of a person or individual who played a role in the biblical storyline. The occurrence of this name suggests that this person held some importance, although the exact nature of their significance is unclear from the provided data. The limited frequency of "Rechab" in the biblical text implies that its referent was not a major figure, but rather someone who had a specific and perhaps significant role in the narrative.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
Saul’s son had two men who were captains of raiding bands. The name of one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is considered a part of Benjamin:
2 Samuel 4:5The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went and came at about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, as he took his rest at noon.
2 Samuel 4:6They came there into the middle of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they struck him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
2 Samuel 4:9David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,