Rehobothn.

Brit.

/ˈriːəbɒθ/, U.S.

/ˈriəbɑθ/, South African English

/ˈriːəbɒθ/

Forms: 1800s– Rehoboth, 1900s– Reheboth (rare).

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rehoboth.

Etymology: Originally < Rehoboth (Hebrew Rĕḥōḇōṯ (Genesis 26:22): see below), the name of a well dug by Isaac in the land of Canaan. In sense 2 < Rehoboth, the name of a town, district, and river in Namibia. With sense 2 compare earlier Rehoboth Bastard n. and slightly later Rehoboth Baster n.In the biblical passage, the name of the well is explained as derived < Hebrew rĕḥōḇōṯ, plural of rĕḥōḇ broad open space: ‘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’ (King James Bible, 1611). Rehoboth in Namibia was so named in 1844 by F.H. Kleinschmidt, who set up a mission station in a place previously known in Khoekhoe (Nama) as |Annes, lit. ‘place of smoke’ (with reference to the local hot springs). Rehoboth was abandoned by the Nama in the 1860s and subsequently settled by Basters migrating from the Cape Colony in 1870.

1. allusive. A place, esp. of sanctuary or safety, regarded as provided by God for a particular person or group. Now rare.

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1628 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule viii. 1090 Yee may well sticke a little in the narrow throate of Death, but that one steppe being past yee enter into Rehoboth a place of roome.

1700 ‘Philo-Caledonius’ Scotl. Present Duty 24 For us to get a Rehoboth by Prayer..will be an Evidence of the Favour, Good-will, and Kindness of the Possessor of Heaven and Earth to us.

1769 J. Newton Let. 1 Apr. in Christian Correspondent (1790) 172 He has now given us a Rehoboth, and has made room for us.

1845 Christian Rev. Sept. 405 The baptized church in Maine would so soon become a true Rehoboth.

1884 G. S. Hollings Considerations on Wisdom of God 85 The children of God pass from stream to stream until they come to the true Rehoboth.

1906 I. J. Peritz et al. Illustr. Lesson Notes 1907 84 Is there not a Rehoboth and a Beer-sheba for every peace-loving man and nation?

2. Chiefly South African. = Rehoboth Baster n.

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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > white and black > person > in South Africa

bastard1785

Baster1790

Griqua1815

Rehobothiana1867

Rehoboth Bastard1894

Griqualander1897

coloured1903

Rehobother Bastard1921

Eurafrican1922

Rehoboth1923

Rehoboth Baster1926

Rehobother1958

1923 J. C. Smuts Let. 25 May in J. van der Poel Select. from Smuts Papers (1973) V. xiii. 103 I shall be glad if you could come to some reasonable settlement with the Rehoboths.

1935 L. G. Green Great Afr. Myst. x. 125 The half-caste Rehoboths..set up nothing less than a civilised republic in a savage land.

2003 B. G. Miller Invisible Indigenes iii. 62 Debate on the problem of definition intensified in the early 1990s when Afrikaners of South Africa and the Rehoboths of Namibia..made claims to indigenous status.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rehoboth
释义	Rehobothn. Brit. /ˈriːəbɒθ/, U.S. /ˈriəbɑθ/, South African English /ˈriːəbɒθ/ Forms: 1800s– Rehoboth, 1900s– Reheboth (rare). Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rehoboth. Etymology: Originally < Rehoboth (Hebrew Rĕḥōḇōṯ (Genesis 26:22): see below), the name of a well dug by Isaac in the land of Canaan. In sense 2 < Rehoboth, the name of a town, district, and river in Namibia. With sense 2 compare earlier Rehoboth Bastard n. and slightly later Rehoboth Baster n.In the biblical passage, the name of the well is explained as derived < Hebrew rĕḥōḇōṯ, plural of rĕḥōḇ broad open space: ‘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’ (King James Bible, 1611). Rehoboth in Namibia was so named in 1844 by F.H. Kleinschmidt, who set up a mission station in a place previously known in Khoekhoe (Nama) as \|Annes, lit. ‘place of smoke’ (with reference to the local hot springs). Rehoboth was abandoned by the Nama in the 1860s and subsequently settled by Basters migrating from the Cape Colony in 1870. 1. allusive. A place, esp. of sanctuary or safety, regarded as provided by God for a particular person or group. Now rare. ΚΠ 1628 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule viii. 1090 Yee may well sticke a little in the narrow throate of Death, but that one steppe being past yee enter into Rehoboth a place of roome. 1700 ‘Philo-Caledonius’ Scotl. Present Duty 24 For us to get a Rehoboth by Prayer..will be an Evidence of the Favour, Good-will, and Kindness of the Possessor of Heaven and Earth to us. 1769 J. Newton Let. 1 Apr. in Christian Correspondent (1790) 172 He has now given us a Rehoboth, and has made room for us. 1845 Christian Rev. Sept. 405 The baptized church in Maine would so soon become a true Rehoboth. 1884 G. S. Hollings Considerations on Wisdom of God 85 The children of God pass from stream to stream until they come to the true Rehoboth. 1906 I. J. Peritz et al. Illustr. Lesson Notes 1907 84 Is there not a Rehoboth and a Beer-sheba for every peace-loving man and nation? 2. Chiefly South African. = Rehoboth Baster n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > white and black > person > in South Africa bastard1785 Baster1790 Griqua1815 Rehobothiana1867 Rehoboth Bastard1894 Griqualander1897 coloured1903 Rehobother Bastard1921 Eurafrican1922 Rehoboth1923 Rehoboth Baster1926 Rehobother1958 1923 J. C. Smuts Let. 25 May in J. van der Poel Select. from Smuts Papers (1973) V. xiii. 103 I shall be glad if you could come to some reasonable settlement with the Rehoboths. 1935 L. G. Green Great Afr. Myst. x. 125 The half-caste Rehoboths..set up nothing less than a civilised republic in a savage land. 2003 B. G. Miller Invisible Indigenes iii. 62 Debate on the problem of definition intensified in the early 1990s when Afrikaners of South Africa and the Rehoboths of Namibia..made claims to indigenous status. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1628
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