Strong H2246חֹבָב

Hobab

Transliteration: chôbâb
Pronunciation: kho-bawb'
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H2245; cherished;
{Chobab} father in law of Moses: - Hobab.

Meaning of the name

Hobab = "cherished"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.10.29;
son of: Jethro (H3503);
brother of: Zipporah (H6855) and Eliasaph (H460)

In the biblical story

Hobab

Moses' brother-in-law, a Midianite.

Hobab, the son of Jethro (or 'Reuel') the Midianite and Moses' brother-in-law, was invited by Moses to join the Israelites on their journey to the Promised Land.

In the Bible

Strong H2246 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

hobab2

First verses

Numbers 10:29
And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Judges 4:11
Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.