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HebrewH7552Proper Noun (Masculine)

רֶ֫קֶם

re.qem

6Occurrences
H7552Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Rekem, the name of a place in Palestine, also of a Midianite and an Israelite

from H7551 (רָקַם); versi-color;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at § Rekem = "variegation" one of the 5 kings of Midian killed by the Israelites

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

רֶ֫קֶם appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
3
Joshua
2
Numbers
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:43BSB

The sons of Hebron:Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

1 Chronicles 2:44BSB

Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.

1 Chronicles 7:16BSB

Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

Joshua 13:21BSB

all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

Joshua 18:27BSB

Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

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