Strong H7552H7552Gרֶ֫קֶם
Rekem
One of the 4 senses of Strong H7552
- Transliteration
- reqem
- Pronunciation
- reh'-kem
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.31.8
Meaning of the name
Rekem = "variegation"
General definition
From H7551; versicolor;
{Rekem} the name of a place in {Palestine} also of a Midianite and an Israelite: - Rekem.
{Rekem} the name of a place in {Palestine} also of a Midianite and an Israelite: - Rekem.
In the biblical story
Rekem
A Midianite king killed by the Israelites
Rekem was one of the five Midianite kings killed by the Israelites during the time of Moses.
In the Bible
Strong H7552G appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- rekem2
First verses
- Numbers 31:8And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
- Joshua 13:21And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.