Strong’s H7552 · Hebrew
רֶקֶם
Reqem · reh'-kem
Origin from רָקַם (H7551); versi-color;
Meaning Rekem, the name of a place in Palestine, also of a Midianite and an Israelite
In the King James Version Rekem.
In 6 verses of the King James Version
- Numbers 31:8And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
- Joshua 13:21And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
- Joshua 18:27And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
- 1 Chronicles 2:43And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
- 1 Chronicles 2:44And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
- 1 Chronicles 7:16And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.