Rehob
/ˈriː.hɒb/noun
A biblical proper name borne by several people and places, derived from a Hebrew word meaning a broad or open place.
Did you know?Rehob was not a single biblical location: the name identifies multiple people and places, including a town associated with the northern kingdom of Israel.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*r-ḥ-b
“A reconstructed root associated with being broad, spacious, or wide.”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
רְחוֹב (rĕḥôv)
“A broad place, open square, or street.”
Iron Age
Hebrew
רְחוֹב (Reḥov)
“A personal and place name meaning “broad place.””
3rd–2nd Century BCE
Greek
Ῥοώβ (Rhoōb)
“A Greek-transliterated form of the biblical name in the Septuagint tradition.”
Late Antiquity
Latin
Rehob
“A Latin biblical form used in translations and scholarly writing.”
Modern English
English
Rehob
“A biblical proper noun referring to several people and locations.”