Oreb (

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

: עֹרֵב, ''Orev'') and Zeeb (

: זְאֵב, ''Z'ev'') were two

Midian Midian (; ; , ''Madiam''; Taymanitic: 𐪃𐪕𐪚𐪌 ''MDYN''; ''Mīḏyān'') is a geographical region in West Asia, located in northwestern Saudi Arabia. mentioned in the Tanakh and Quran. William G. Dever states that biblical Midian was ...

ite princes mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Oreb ()churchofjesuschrist.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide"
(retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «ōr´ĕb» is a

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name, meaning ''raven'' while Zeeb means ''wolf''.Peake's Commentary, Judges, p 310, 256g By the time of the Judges, Oreb and Zeeb were raiding Israel with the use of swift

camel A camel (from and () from Ancient Semitic: ''gāmāl'') is an even-toed ungulate in the genus ''Camelus'' that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provid ...

s, until they were decisively defeated by

Gideon Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites is recounted in of the Book of Judges in both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible. Gideon was th ...

(). Many of the Midianites perished along with him (; ). These later references reflect the importance ascribed to the victories as symbols of God's power mediated through his chosen people. The place where Gideon slew Oreb after the defeat of the Midianites was called the ''Rock of Oreb''. It was probably the place now called Orbo, on the east of Jordan, near Bethshean. Zeeb was killed at "the wine press of Zeeb". The historicity of the names is in doubt, Coggins postulates the names of geographical features were attached to the leaders in retrospect.''Who's Who in the Bible'', Richard Coggins, Batsford, London, p 122. 1981

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