Strong H73972 sensesרֵכָבִי

Rechabite · Recah

Transliteration
rêkâh
Pronunciation
ray-kaw'

The 2 senses of Strong H7397

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7397 appears in 5 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. RechabiteH7397AAncestor of the Rechabites, who were faithful to God4 verses · Jeremiah
  2. RecahרֵכָהH7397BDescendant of Judah1 verse · 1 Chronicles

General definition

Probably feminine from H7401; softness;
{Rekah} a place in Palestine: - Rechah.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • rechabites4
  • rechah1

First verses

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:12
    And Eshton begat Beth–rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir–nahash. These are the men of Rechah.
  2. Jeremiah 35:2
    Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
  3. Jeremiah 35:3
    Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
  4. Jeremiah 35:5
    And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
  5. Jeremiah 35:18
    And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: