רְחוֹב rechov
Hebrew word for “street/plaza” · Strong’s H7339 · used 43 times in 41 verses
Meaning
broad or open place or plaza
How it is translated
Glosses given for rechov in context, with how often each is used:
- open places 21
- open place 12
- open square 4
- open space 4
- public square 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proverbs | 5 | 0.7 | |
| Jeremiah | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Nehemiah | 4 | 0.8 | |
| Judges | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Esther | 3 | 1.0 | |
| Lamentations | 3 | 1.9 | |
| Zechariah | 3 | 1.0 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 |
Also in 8 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Judges 19 (3), Nehemiah 8 (3), Esther 6 (2), Lamentations 2 (2), Ezekiel 16 (2), Zechariah 8 (2), Genesis 19 (1), Deuteronomy 13 (1), 2 Samuel 21 (1), 2 Chronicles 29 (1)
Forms
- ברחוב 8
- ברחבות 7
- רחוב 5
- ברחבתיה 3
- הרחוב 2
- וברחוב 2
- ברחבתינו 2
- רחבות 2
- וברחבתיה 2
- רחבה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with rechov more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חוּץ chuts “outside” 9
- עִיר ir “city” 10
- שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 6
- גָּג gag “roof” 3
- בָּחוּר bachur “youth” 3
- לוּן lun “to lodge” 3
- רָמָה ramah “high place” 2
- בָּנָה banah “to build” 4
- קָבַץ qavats “to gather” 3
- גַּב gav “back/rim/brow” 2
- מַי mayim “water” 4
- אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 4
Key verses
The verses using rechov that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 19:2 — 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…
- Nehemiah 8:1 — 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…
- Nehemiah 8:3 — 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…
- Job 29:7 — When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
- Proverbs 1:20 — Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
- Isaiah 59:14 — 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 — 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…
- Jeremiah 9:21 — For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
- Lamentations 2:11 — 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…
- Ezekiel 16:24 — That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.
- Daniel 9:25 — 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,…
- Amos 5:16 — 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…
See all 41 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.