רֶבַעRebaʻ
Reba, a Midianite
Pronunciation: reh'-bah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7254
Meanings
a king of Midian (Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:21)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 31:8 All five of the Midianite kings—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—died in the battle. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
- Joshua 13:21 The land of Reuben also included all the towns of the plain and the entire kingdom of Sihon. Sihon was the Amorite king who had reigned in Heshbon and was killed by Moses along with the leaders of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—princes living in the region who were allied with Sihon.
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).