Lexical Definition

‎רְחֹב‎ rᵉchôb (rekh-obe') street/plaza ^H:N-F
or רְחוֹב rᵉchôwb (rekh-obe'); from ‎רָחַב‎

broad place (way), street. See also ‎בֵּית רְחוֹב‎.

• a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area

1) broad or open place or plaza

See Greek: ἔπαυλις · ὁδός · ῥύμη

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎רְחוֺב‎ noun feminine^{Dan 9:25} [not masculine Zech 8:5 Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 51} compare Ges^{«GKC:145p»§ 145 p, t, u}] broad open place, plaza (Lag^{BN 178} Ba^{NB 142}); — ‎׳‎‎ר‎ absolute Gen 19:2 +, construct Judg 19:17 +, ‎רְחֹב‎ vJudg 19:15; 2Sam 21:12 suffix ‎רְחֹבָהּ‎ Deut 13:17*; Ps 55:12* plural absolute ‎רְחֹבוֺת‎ Amos 5:16 +, construct id. Zech 8:4 + (see also ‎רְחֹבוֺת‎ proper name, below); suffix ‎רְחֹבֹתֶיהָ‎ Isa 15:3 +, etc.; — broad open place in city (usually near gate, Neh 8:1; Neh 8:3; Neh 8:16 (twice in verse); 2Chr 32:6; Job 29:7 || ‎חוּץ‎ Jer 5:1 + 8 t., ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ Prov 26:13, ‎שְׁוָקִים‎ Song 3:2), for various private and public uses Gen 19:2 (J), Judg 19:15; Judg 19:17; Judg 19:20; Deut 13:17*; 2Sam 21:12; Jer 5:1; Ezek 16:24; Ezek 16:31; Neh 8:16 (twice in verse); Isa 59:14; Ps 55:12*; Job 29:7, essential part of city Dan 9:25 for lamentations Amos 5:16; Isa 15:3; Jer 48:38, ‎הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי שַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Esth 4:6 (compare vEsth 4:1f.), compare Jer 9:20*; Jer 49:26; Jer 50:30; Ps 144:14, assemblies 2Chr 29:4; 2Chr 32:6; Ezra 10:9 (‎׳‎‎בֵּית הָא‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎), Neh 8:1; Neh 8:3, proclamations Esth 6:9; Esth 6:11, speeches Prov 1:20 social life Zech 8:4; Zech 8:5 (twice in verse); Lam 4:18; Prov 5:16; Prov 7:12, compare Prov 22:13; Prov 26:13, Song 3:3 ‎׳‎‎ר‎ in Nah 2:5* is apparently outside city (compare Assyrian rêbit Ninâ, etc.).

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