חֹבָבChôbâb

proper name, masculine: son of Reuel, חֹתֵן of Moses (Numbers 10:29; Judges 4:11; Judges 1:16)

Pronunciation: kho-bawb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2246

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 10:29 One day Moses said to his brother-in-law, Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, “We are on our way to the place the Lord promised us, for he said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised wonderful blessings for Israel!”
  • Judges 4:11 Now Heber the Kenite, a descendant of Moses’ brother-in-law Hobab, had moved away from the other members of his tribe and pitched his tent by the oak of Zaanannim near Kedesh.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).