`Oreb - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Strong's H6159 עוֹרֵב עוֹרֵב (`Oreb) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `Oreb (o-rabe') (or mOwreb {o-rabe'}) n/l. 1. Oreb, the name of a Midianite and of the cliff near the Jordan [the same as H6158] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include oreb. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
`Oreb (o-rabe') (or mOwreb {o-rabe'}) n/l. 1. Oreb, the name of a Midianite and of the cliff near the Jordan [the same as H6158] KJV: Oreb. Root(s): H6158
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Oreb
Usage: A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.7.25 § 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `Oreb, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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4 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6159.
And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6159, grouped by book.
Oreb (Strong's H6159) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Oreb". `Oreb (o-rabe') (or mOwreb {o-rabe'}) n/l. 1. Oreb, the name of a Midianite and of the cliff near the Jordan [the same as H6158]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's H6159 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6159 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as oreb. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.