the Week of Proper 3 / Ordinary 8
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Strong's #7552 - רֶקֶם
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Rekem = “variegation”
1) one of the 5 kings of Midian killed by the Israelites (noun proper masculine)
2) one of the 4 sons of Hebron and the father of Shammai (noun proper masculine)
3) a Manassite, son of Machir by Maachah his wife (noun proper masculine)
4) a town in Benjamin; site unknown (noun proper locative)
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1. masculine a. a king of Midian Numbers 31:8 (Ροκομ), Joshua 13:21 (Ροβοκ, A Ροκομ, ᵐ5 Οροκομ).
b. a 'son' of Hebron 1 Chronicles 2:43,44, Ρεκομ, Ροκομ, Ρωκημ.
c. name in Gilead 1 Chronicles 7:16, ᵐ5 L Ρακαμ.
2. location in Benjamin, Joshua 18:27, Νακαν, A ᵐ5 L Ρεκεμ[ν].
רֶקֶם (i.q. رَقْمَةُ “flowergarden,” prop. “variegated”), [Rekem], pr.n.
(1) of a town of the Benjamites, Joshua 18:27.
(2) m.
(a) of a king of the Midianites, Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:21.
(b) 1 Chronicles 2:43.
(c) 1 Chronicles 7:16. And
