BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7254
re.va — Reba
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.31.8 § Reba = "four" one of the 5 kings of Midian slain by the Israelites when Balaam fell
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4052
mig.ra.ah — recess
recess, ledge, rebatement
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20123
apostrebaloomai — be tortured
to be horribly tortured
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Fourth, one of the Midianite chiefs slain by the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 31:8; Josh. 13:21).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
