Lexical Definition

‎רְחֹבוֹת‎ Rᵉchôbôwth (rekh-o-both') Rehoboth ^N:N--L
or רְחֹבֹת Rᵉchôbôth (rekho-both'); plural of ‎רְחֹב‎; streets

Rehoboth.

• § Rehoboth = "wide places or streets"
• Rechoboth, a place in Assyria and one in Palestine

1) the 3rd of a series of wells dug by Isaac in the territory of the Philistines
2) one of the 4 cities built by Asshur or by Nimrod in Asshur located close to Nineveh
3) a city of Saul or Shaul, one of the early kings of the Edomites

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רְחֹבוֺת‎

proper name, of a location 1. ‎רְחֹבֹת עִיר‎ near Nineveh Gen 10:11 (J), τῆν Ροωβως[θ] πόλιν; Dl^{Pa 261} compare Assyrian rêbit Ninâ, but see COT^{Gen 10:11.}

2. ‎רְחֹבוֺת‎, name of well Gen 26:22 (J), Εὐρυχωρία (compare interpretation of vGen 26:22); Palmer^{Desert 296 f.} identification with er-Ruµaibeh (in Wady R.) approximately 45 miles southwest of Hebron, north of latitude 31°.

3. ‎הַנָּהָר‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎, home of a king of Edom Gen 36:37 (P) = 1Chr 1:48, Ροωβωθ τῆς παρὰ ποταμόν, P. τοῦ ποταμοῦ (i.e. on Euphrates ? here improbable; conjectures in Di Holz Wkl^{Geschichte. Israel i. 192}).

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Rehoboth_1 • Well dug by Isaac

Rehoboth was the name of a well dug by Isaac where he found room and water (Gen. 26:22).

• A location only mentioned at Gen.26.22;
• only referred to as Rehoboth רְחֹבוֹת.
  

Rehoboth was the name Isaac gave to a well he dug in the Valley of Gerar. After facing opposition from local herdsmen over two previous wells, Isaac moved on and dug this well, saying, "Now the Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land" (Gen. 26:22). The name Rehoboth means "open spaces" or "room".

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