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HebrewH2246Proper Noun (Masculine)

חֹבָב

cho.vav

2Occurrences
H2246Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chobab, father-in-law of Moses

from H2245 (חָבַב); cherished;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Jethro (H3503); brother of: Zipporah (H6855) and Eliasaph (H0460) § Hobab = "cherished" the son of Reuel, the Midianite father-in-law of Moses, also known as Jethro, and brother-in-law of Moses

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חֹבָב appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
1
Numbers
1

Key Passages

Judges 4:11BSB

Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.

Numbers 10:29BSB

Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.