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רְחֹב H7339

H7339 is the Hebrew word רְחֹב, transliterated rᵉchôb and said rekh-obe'. The King James Version most often renders it street.

Word: רְחֹבTransliteration: rᵉchôbSaid: rekh-obe'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 31 verses

What it means

a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area.

Where it comes from

or רְחוֹב; from H7337 (רָחַב).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 32 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

street 15×streets 10×through the street 2×broad ways 2×houses and in their streets 1×broad places 1×every street 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: broad place (way), street. See also H1050 (בֵּית רְחוֹב).

Verses using רְחֹב

All 31 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 19:2 · KJV

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

Deuteronomy 13:16 · KJV

And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

Judges 19:15 · KJV

And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.

Judges 19:17 · KJV

And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

2 Samuel 21:12 · KJV

And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

2 Chronicles 29:4 · KJV

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,

2 Chronicles 32:6 · KJV

And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,

Ezra 10:9 · KJV

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

Nehemiah 8:1 · KJV

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

Nehemiah 8:3 · KJV

And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

Nehemiah 8:16 · KJV

So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

Esther 4:6 · KJV

So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.

Esther 6:9 · KJV

And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Esther 6:11 · KJV

Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Proverbs 7:12 · KJV

Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Song of Solomon 3:2 · KJV

I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Isaiah 15:3 · KJV

In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

Isaiah 59:14 · KJV

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Jeremiah 5:1 · KJV

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

Jeremiah 48:38 · KJV

There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 49:26 · KJV

Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.

Jeremiah 50:30 · KJV

Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.

Lamentations 2:11 · KJV

Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

Lamentations 2:12 · KJV

They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom.

Lamentations 4:18 · KJV

They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

Ezekiel 16:31 · KJV

In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

Daniel 9:25 · KJV

Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

Amos 5:16 · KJV

Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

Nahum 2:4 · KJV

The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

Zechariah 8:4 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

Zechariah 8:5 · KJV

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7339 mean?

H7339 is the Hebrew word רְחֹב (rᵉchôb), meaning a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area.

How is H7339 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it street (15 times), streets (10 times), through the street (2 times), broad ways (2 times), houses and in their streets (1 time), among others.

How many times does H7339 appear in the Bible?

רְחֹב (rᵉchôb) is tagged in 31 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7339 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or רְחוֹב; from H7337 (רָחַב).

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