Bible Person
Meaning: a raven · Male · 4 cross references
Oreb, a prince of Midian, is defeated and killed during Gideon's campaign. His fall becomes one of the remembered signs of God's deliverance over a stronger oppressor. First appears in Judg 7:25.1
AI summary: Oreb matters because the cross references present him as one of the Midianite leaders whose defeat marks the turning point in Gideon's victory. His death is remembered not only in Judges but later in Psalms and Isaiah as a model of how God can overthrow powerful enemies. That later reuse gives his name symbolic force beyond the original battle. Taken together, the material presents Oreb as a defeated Midianite prince whose fall becomes a lasting emblem of divine deliverance.1
Central Figure
Oreb
Meaning: a raven
Raven, a prince of Midian, who, being defeated by Gideon and put to straits, was slain along with Zeeb (Judg.
Raven, a prince of Midian, who, being defeated by Gideon and put to straits, was slain along with Zeeb (Judg. 7:20-25). Many of the Midianites perished along with him (Ps. 83:9; Isa. 10:26). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.