רְחוֹב
rĕḥôb
broad open place
Strong's H7339NounHebrewTWOT 2143d

רְחוֹב (rĕḥôb) is a Hebrew noun meaning broad open place. It appears 43 times in 20 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7339).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2143d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2143d)broad open place, plaza; width, avenue, area; broad place, street
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

רְחוֹב noun, feminine: broad open place, plaza

Strong's H7339 רְחֹב: a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
KJV:broad place (way), street. See also H1050.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2143: רָחַב rāḥab — be, grow, wide, large; be widened, enlarged; broad, roomy, pasture; make large, enlarge; broaden; be an en- large, be an en- largeing, make room, make wide

See it in Scripture

Genesis 19:2Judges 19:152 Samuel 21:12

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