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רְחֹבוֹת Rehoboth

Every verse in which this name stands — 4 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 610×4 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A place in Assyria and one in Palestine. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:11 and last at 1 Chronicles 1:48.

Genesis 10:11בראשית י:יא

מִן־הָאָרֶץ הַהִוא יָצָא אַשּׁוּר וַיִּבֶן אֶת־נִינְוֵה וְאֶת־רְחֹבֹת עִיר וְאֶת־כָּֽלַח

Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,

Genesis 26:22בראשית כו:כב

וַיַּעְתֵּק מִשָּׁם וַיַּחְפֹּר בְּאֵר אַחֶרֶת וְלֹא רָבוּ עָלֶיהָ וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמָהּ רְחֹבוֹת וַיֹּאמֶר כִּֽי־עַתָּה הִרְחִיב יְהוָה לָנוּ וּפָרִינוּ בָאָֽרֶץ

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 36:37בראשית לו:לז

וַיָּמָת שַׂמְלָה וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו שָׁאוּל מֵרְחֹבוֹת הַנָּהָֽר

And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.

1 Chronicles 1:48דברי הימים א א:מח

וַיָּמָת שַׂמְלָה וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו שָׁאוּל מֵרְחֹבוֹת הַנָּהָֽר

And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Rehoboth?

Rehoboth — רחבת in Hebrew — has a gematria of 610 in the standard method.

How many times is Rehoboth named in the Tanakh?

4 times, first at Genesis 10:11.

A spelling is not a name. The written word רחבת stands 6 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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