HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7344
רְחֹבוֹת
re.cho.vot — Rehoboth
§ Rehoboth = "wide places or streets" the 3rd of a series of wells dug by Isaac in the territory of the Philistines
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Rehoboth
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Broad places. (1.) A well in Gerar dug by Isaac (Gen. 26:22), supposed to be in Wady er-Ruheibeh, about 20 miles south of Beersheba. (2.) An ancient city on the Euphrates (Gen. 36:37; 1 Chr. 1:48), “Rehoboth by the river.” (3.) Named among the cities of Asshur (Gen. 10:11). Probably, however, the words “rehoboth’ir” are to be translated as in the Vulgate and the margin of A.V., “the streets of the city,” or rather “the public square of the city”, i.e., of Nineveh.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.