רְחֹבrᵉchôb

Same root

• רָחַבrâchab · H7337to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
• בֵּית רְחוֹבBêyth Rᵉchôwb · H1050Beth-Rechob, a place in Palestine
• רְחֹבRᵉchôb · H7340Rechob, the name of a place in Syria, also of a Syrian and an Israelite
• רְחֹבוֹתRᵉchôbôwth · H7344Rechoboth, a place in Assyria and one in Palestine

Where it appears

Appears 43 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 19:2 “My lords,” he said, “come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again.” “Oh no,” they replied. “We’ll just spend the night out here in the city square.”
• Deuteronomy 13:16 Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the open square and burn it. Burn the entire town as a burnt offering to the Lord your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt.
• Judges 19:15 so they stopped there to spend the night. They rested in the town square, but no one took them in for the night.
• Judges 19:17 When he saw the travelers sitting in the town square, he asked them where they were from and where they were going.
• Judges 19:20 “You are welcome to stay with me,” the old man said. “I will give you anything you might need. But whatever you do, don’t spend the night in the square.”
• 2 Samuel 21:12 he went to the people of Jabesh-gilead and retrieved the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. (When the Philistines had killed Saul and Jonathan on Mount Gilboa, the people of Jabesh-gilead stole their bodies from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hung them.)