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Chobab <a href="../hebrew/2247.htm" title="2247">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Chobab: Hobab</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">חֹבָב</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Chobab<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>kho-bawb'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(kho-bawb')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Hobab<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Chobab<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root חָבַב (chavav), meaning "to love" or "to cherish."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Greek equivalent for the name Hobab in the Septuagint or the New Testament, as it is a specific Hebrew personal name.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Chobab is a personal name in the Hebrew Bible, often understood to mean "beloved" or "cherished." It is used to refer to a specific individual, Hobab, who is identified as the son of Reuel (also known as Jethro), Moses' father-in-law.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the context of the ancient Near East, names often carried significant meanings and were sometimes indicative of the character or destiny of the individual. Hobab, being associated with Moses, is part of the Midianite lineage, a group with whom the Israelites had complex interactions. The Midianites were descendants of Abraham through Keturah, and they played various roles in Israel's history, sometimes as allies and other times as adversaries.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/2245.htm">chabab</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>father-in-law of Moses<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Hobab (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">חֹבָב</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, masculine</b></font> (compare Phoenician proper name <font class="hebrew2">חב</font>; We<sup>Skizzen iii, 171. 217</sup> suggests comparison with <img src="/bdbgif/bdb028507.gif"> <em>serpent</em>) — son of Reuel, <font class="hebrew2">חֹתֵן</font> of Moses (see <font class="hebrew2">חתן</font>), <a href="/interlinear/numbers/10-29.htm">Numbers 10:29</a> (J E), <a href="/interlinear/judges/4-11.htm">Judges 4:11</a>; insert <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ח</font> probably also <a href="/interlinear/judges/1-16.htm">Judges 1:16</a>, see GFM. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Hobab <p>From <a href="/hebrew/2245.htm">chabab</a>; cherished; Chobab, father-in-law of Moses -- Hobab. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/2245.htm">chabab</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>חֹבָ֖ב חבב לְ֠חֹבָב לחבב choVav ḥō·ḇāḇ ḥōḇāḇ lə·ḥō·ḇāḇ lechoo ləḥōḇāḇ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/numbers/10-29.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Numbers 10:29</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֗ה <b> לְ֠חֹבָב </b> בֶּן־ רְעוּאֵ֣ל</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/numbers/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> said <span class="itali">to Hobab</span> the son<br><a href="/kjvs/numbers/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> said <span class="itali">unto Hobab,</span> the son<br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/10-29.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> said Moses <span class="itali">to Hobab</span> the son of Reuel<p><b><a href="/text/judges/4-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 4:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִקַּ֔יִן מִבְּנֵ֥י <b> חֹבָ֖ב </b> חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֑ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/judges/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from the sons <span class="itali">of Hobab</span> the father-in-law<br><a href="/kjvs/judges/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [which was] of the children <span class="itali">of Hobab</span> the father in law<br><a href="/interlinear/judges/4-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the Kenite the sons <span class="itali">of Hobab</span> law of Moses<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2246.htm">2 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2246.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2246<br>2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/chovav_2246.htm">ḥō·ḇāḇ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/lechoo_2246.htm">lə·ḥō·ḇāḇ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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