Retem רֹ֫תֶם

Retem (Hebrew רֹ֫תֶם, Strong's H7574) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “broom”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Retem, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 19:4
  But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
• 1 Kings 19:5
  And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”

Job

• Job 30:4
  Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

Psalms

• Psalm 120:4
  Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).