Library Home>All Subjects>R Subjects>Reba

Reba

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(fourth). A Midianite king slain by Israel (Num. 31:8⁸And 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. (Numbers 31:8); Josh. 13:21²¹And 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 13:21)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

One of the five kings of the Midianites slain by Joshua (Num. 31:8⁸And 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. (Numbers 31:8); Josh. 13:21²¹And 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 13:21)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

7254 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Reba`

Phonic:

reh’-bah

Meaning:

the same as 7253; Reba, a Midianite

KJV Usage:

Reba

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

a fourth part

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

The fourth; a fourth part; that stops:―a Midianite king, Num. 31:8. {Quartus}