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Rehoboth-Ir may possibly have been in the vicinity of the town of Nineveh. However, its name is identical to the Hebrew phrase " rehovot ir ", meaning "streets of the town" or "public square of the town", which may refer to Nineveh itself, rather than the name of a distinct town.
Rehoboth. (wide places , i.e. streets). The third of the series of wells dug by Isaac, (Genesis 26:22) in the Philistines' territory, lately identified as er-Ruheibeh , 16 miles south of Beersheba. One of the four cities built by Asshur, or by Nimrod in Asshur, according as this difficult passage is translated.
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Rehoboth. REHOBOTH rĭ hō’ bŏth (רְחֹבֹ֔ות; LXX Εὐρυχωρία, meaning broad places). 1. A well dug by Isaac SE of Beer-sheba. Genesis 26 relates Isaac’s troubles with Abimelech and the herdsmen of Gerar. The Philistines had filled in the old well so that Isaac’s servants had to dig new ones.
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version. He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, “Now the LORD has given us room and we will flourish in the land.” New Living Translation. Abandoning that one, Isaac moved on and dug another well.
Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu movement, proposed the name "Rehovot" (lit. 'wide expanses') based on Genesis 26:22: "And he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said: 'For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land'."
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