Bible Names

Rehoboth: meaning of the name

Rehoboth means “spaces; places.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Rehoboth in Hebrew and Greek

רְחֹבוֹת H7344

Rᵉchôbôwth (rekh-o-both') — Rechoboth, a place in Assyria and one in Palestine

or רְחֹבֹת; plural of H7339 (רְחֹב); streets;

Places named Rehoboth

Rehoboth in Scripture

“Rehoboth” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 10:11

    Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

  • Genesis 26:22

    And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

  • Genesis 36:37

    And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:48

    And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.