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HebrewH6159Proper Noun (Masculine)

עֹרֵב

o.rev

3Occurrences
H6159Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Oreb, the name of a Midianite and of the cliff near the Jordan

or עוֹרֵב; the same as H6158 (עֹרֵב);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at § Oreb = "raven" 1) one of the chieftains of the Midianite army defeated by Gideon 2) a rock east of the Jordan where Oreb and part of his army fell to the Ephraimites

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

עֹרֵב appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
2
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

Isaiah 10:26BSB

And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them,as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb.He will raise His staff over the sea,as He did in Egypt.

Judges 7:25BSB

They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.

Judges 8:3BSB

God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.

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