# H7552 רֶקֶם

רֶקֶם (Reqem), Strong’s H7552: Rekem, the name of a place in Palestine, also of a Midianite and an Israelite KJV: Rekem.. Occurs 6 times.

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*Reqem* — Rekem, the name of a place in Palestine, also of a Midianite and an Israelite

KJV: Rekem.

Derived from [רָקַם râqam](https://besorah.bible/word/H7551) (to variegate color, i.e. embroider)

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- רֶ֫קֶם n.pr.
- 1 m.
- a a king of Midian
- b a ‘son’ of Hebron
- c name in Gilead
- 2 loc. in Benj.

## Where it occurs
- [Numbers 31:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/31?v=8) — They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian…
- [Joshua 13:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/13?v=21) — all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses…
- [Joshua 18:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/18?v=27) — Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
- [1 Chronicles 2:43](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/2?v=43) — The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
- [1 Chronicles 2:44](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/2?v=44) — Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.
- [1 Chronicles 7:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/7?v=16) — Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh. The name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were…