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OREB - O>@ - (raven), one of the chieftains of the Midianite host which invaded Israel, and was defeated and driven back by Gideon. kjv@Judges:7:25) (B.C. 1362.) Isaiah, kjv@Isaiah:10:26) refers to the magnitude of this disaster. Comp. kjv@Psalms:83:1) ...



OREB, THE ROCK - O>@ - the "raven’s crag," the spot, east of Jordan, at which the Midianite chieftain Oreb with thousands of his countrymen, fell by the hand of the Ephraimites, and which probably acquired its name therefrom. It is mentioned in kjv@Judges:7:25; kjv@Isaiah:10:26) Perhaps the place called ’Orbo which in the Bereshith Rabba is stated to have been in the neighborhood of Bethshean, may have some connection with it.