How many times is Horeb mentioned in the Bible?
The word Horeb appears 17 times in the King James Version, in 17 verses. It is found in 6 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Horeb 17 times.
Horeb in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Horeb counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Horeb | 17 | 17 |
| Total | 17 | 17 |
What the name Horeb means
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Horeb as "desert; solitude; destruction".
This is the 1869 traditional meaning; modern scholars often read names differently.
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Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869), checked 2026-10-22.
Which books mention Horeb most
Horeb appears in 6 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Deuteronomy has the most (9), then Exodus (3) and 1 Kings (2).
First and last mention of Horeb
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
Verses with Horeb on our topic pages
2 verses that use Horeb in the World English Bible are in our topic collections.
He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, God’s Mountain.
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Be very careful, for you saw no kind of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out of the middle of the fire,
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Common questions
How many times is Horeb in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 17 of the 17 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Horeb appears in 6 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Deuteronomy has the most (9), then Exodus (3) and 1 Kings (2).
Where is Horeb first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Exodus 3:1: "Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb." The last is Malachi 4:4.
What does the name Horeb mean in the Bible?
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Horeb as "desert; solitude; destruction".
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.