Dictionaries :: Oreb

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Oreb:

raven, a prince of Midian, who, being defeated by Gideon and put to straits, was slain along with Zeeb (Jdg 7:20-25). Many of the Midianites perished along with him (Psa 83:9; Isa 10:26).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Oreb:

a raven

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Oreb:

In 2 Esdras 2:33 the King James Version for Mt. HOREB (which see; so the Revised Version (British and American)).

Nave's Topical Bible

Oreb: 1. A Prince of Midian

Overcome by Gideon and killed by the Ephraimites,

Jdg 7:25; 8:3; Psa 83:11.

Oreb: 2. A Rock East of the Jordan River

Where Oreb was killed,

Jdg 7:25; Isa 10:26.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Oreb:

(raven) one of the chieftains of the Midianite host which invaded Israel, and was defeated and driven back by Gideon (Judges 7:25). (B.C. 1362) Isaiah (Isaiah 10:26) refers to the magnitude of this disaster (compare Psalm 83:1). …