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Lexicon :: Strong's H7227 - raḇ

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רַב
Transliteration
raḇ
Pronunciation
rab
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted from רָבַב (H7231)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2099a,2099b

Strong’s Definitions

רַב rab, rab; by contracted from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality):—(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 458x

The KJV translates Strong's H7227 in the following manner: many (190x), great (118x), much (36x), captain (24x), more (12x), long (10x), enough (9x), multitude (7x), mighty (5x), greater (4x), greatly (3x), miscellaneous (40x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 458x
The KJV translates Strong's H7227 in the following manner: many (190x), great (118x), much (36x), captain (24x), more (12x), long (10x), enough (9x), multitude (7x), mighty (5x), greater (4x), greatly (3x), miscellaneous (40x).
adjective
  1. much, many, great

    1. much

    2. many

    3. abounding in

    4. more numerous than

    5. abundant, enough

    6. great

    7. strong

    8. greater than

      adverb
    9. much, exceedingly

      masculine noun
  2. captain, chief

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רַב rab, rab; by contracted from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality):—(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
STRONGS H7227: Abbreviations
I. רַב 429 adjective much, many, great; — masculine singular absolute ר׳ Genesis 24:25+, רָ֑ב Genesis 33:9+, also רָ֛ב 2 Chronicles 20:2 ב֖ 2 Chronicles 28:8, רָב֨ Ezra 10:13, etc.; construct תַב Exodus 34:6 +; feminine singular רַבָּה Numbers 11:33 +; construct רַבַּת Ezekiel 22:5 + רַבָּ֫תִי (Ges §90 k 1) Lamentations 1:1 (twice in verse); masculine plural absolute רַבִּים Exodus 23:2 (twice in verse)+, construct see II. רַב; feminine plural absolute רַבּוֺת Genesis 30:43 +; — [often both as predicate and as attributive; as attributive preceding noun (influence of usage for numerals ? KöSynt.§334 k Ges§ 132 b): רַב Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 145:7 (but read probably רֹב, רָבֿ; in Isaiah 21:7 ר׳ is predicate), רַבּים Jeremiah 16:16; Psalm 32:10; Psalm 89:51 (on context Bö Bae, also Hup), Proverbs 7:26; 1 Chronicles 28:5, רַבּוֺת Nehemiah 9:28; Proverbs 31:29]; —
1. (often opposed to מְעַט)
a.
(1) much: of substances, gold 1 Kings 10:2; Psalm 19:11, silver (money) 2 Kings 12:11= 2 Chronicles 24:11, bronze 1 Chronicles 18:8, wine Esther 1:7; of other quantities, e.g. spoil 2 Samuel 3:22, property 2 Chronicles 32:29, seed Deuteronomy 28:38, etc.; שֶׁיִּהְיוּ רַב Ecclesiastes 6:3b, be it much that his days amount to;
(2) especially of collectives, numerous, עַם־רַב Joshua 11:4; 2 Samuel 13:34, רַבָּה עֲבֻדָּה Genesis 26:14; Job 1:3, רַב מִקְנֶה Deuteronomy 3:19 +, etc.
b. plural many: person Exodus 5:5; Judges 8:30; Judges 9:40; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 11:1+, things Genesis 30:43; Amos 5:12; Deuteronomy 31:17 +; noun omitted רַבּוֺת Daniel 11:41 (that is, lands; read רִבּוֺת myriads Kmp Bev Behrm Marti Prince); יָמִים רֵבִּים many days (a long time) Genesis 21:34; Genesis 37:24 + 28 times, שָׁנִים רַבּוֺת Nehemiah 9:30; Ecclesiastes 6:3a, אִם עוֺר רַבּוֺת בַּשָּׁנִים Leviticus 25:51; רַבּוֺת עִתִּים Nehemiah 9:28 many times (see above) = רַבּוֺת פְּעָמִים Psalm 106:43; Ecclesiastes 7:22; מַכָּה רַבָּה Deuteronomy 25:3 many blows; מַיִם רַבִּים many waters Numbers 20:11 Numbers 24:7 + 27 times, compare Isaiah 8:7; etc.
c. רַב as substantive collective person Exodus 19:21, also (opposed to מְעַט) 1 Samuel 14:6; Numbers 13:18; Numbers 26:54, 56; Numbers 33:54; Numbers 35:8; so רַבַּת (Ges§ 130a) 2 Chronicles 30:17, 18, and (thing; =much) Ezekiel 24:12; רַב construct before abstract (= רֹב) Isaiah 21:7; Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 145:7; especially plural רַבִּים of person Exodus 23:2 (twice in verse) + 37 times + בַּתרַֿבִּים Cant 7:5.
†d. construct= abounding in, רַב־בְּרָכוֹת Proverbs 28:20, רַבחֶֿסֶר (see I. חֶסֶד 3), רַב־כֹּחַ Psalm 147:5, רַבמְֿאֵרוֺת Proverbs 28:27, רַב הַמְּהוּמָה Ezekiel 22:5, רַב־נוֹצָה Ezekiel 17:7, רַב־הָעֲלִילִיָּה Jeremiah 32:19, רַב־פְּעָלִים 2 Samuel 23:20= 1 Chronicles 11:22, רַב־פָּ֑שַׁע Proverbs 29:22 רַבתְּֿבוּנָה Proverbs 14:29; רַבַּת אוֺצָרֹת Jeremiah 51:13, רַבַּת בָּנִים 1 Samuel 2:5 רַבָּ֫תִי עָם Lamentations 1:1 (Ges§ 90l).
†e. + מִן compare= more numerous than Exodus 1:9; Numbers 22:15; Joshua 10:11; Judges 16:30; 2 Kings 6:16; Isaiah 54:1; 1 Chronicles 24:4; 2 Chronicles 32:7; Daniel 11:13; followed by infinitive, too many to Genesis 36:7; Judges 7:2 (compare Judges 7:4); see also following
†f. רַב =abundant, enough Genesis 24:25; Genesis 33:9; as exclamation enough! Genesis 45:28; 2 Samuel 24:16 = 1 Chronicles 21:15; 1 Kings 19:4, so (+ מִן infinitive) Exodus 9:28 (מִן 6d); רַבלָֿךְ (with implication of excess) Deuteronomy 3:26 (let it) suffice thee! so רַבלָֿכֶם Ezekiel 45:9, also Numbers 16:3, 7= ye assume too much ! + infinitive it is enough for you to Deuteronomy 1:6; Deuteronomy 2:3 (i.e. you have done it enough), so + מִן infinitive 1 Kings 12:28, מִן substantive Ezekiel 44:6.
†g. as adverb much, exceedingly (only Psalms), רַב Psalm 123:3, רָֹב Psalm 18:15 (Hup De Che and others; HPS 2 Samuel 22:15 conjectures רָמָה omits || 2 Samuel 22:15); רַבָּה Psalm 62:3; Psalm 78:15; Psalm 89:8 (Greek Version of the LXX. Bae רַב הוּא); רַבַּת (Aramaism, compare Syriac bdb091301, bdb091302, Nö§ 155 A WSG 135) Psalm 65:10; Psalm 120:6 (=long enough), Psalm 123:4; Psalm 129:1; Psalm 129:2;
2. less often great:
a. of space 1 Samuel 26:13, the deep Amos 7:4; Genesis 7:11; Isaiah 51:10; Psalm 36:7(figurative), city Lamentations 1:1 (רַ֫בָּתִי בַגּוֺיִם Ges § 90 l), — see also צִירוֺן, חֲמָת; —plague Numbers 11:33, empire Esther 1:20 goodness Psalm 31:20, wickedness Genesis 6:5, etc.
b. specifically strong (opposed to אֵין כֹּחַ) 2 Chronicles 14:10; רַב לְהוֺשִׁיעַ Isaiah 63:1 so רַבִּים as substantive Isaiah 53:12 (|| עֲצוּמִים).
†c. major natu Genesis 25:23 (opposed to צָעִיר); רַבּים as substantive grandœvi [grandævi ?], Job 32:9.
†d. + מִן compare greater than Deuteronomy 7:1, 17; Deuteronomy 9:14; Deuteronomy 20:1 too great for Joshua 19:9; 1 Kings 19:7Proverbs 26:10 is hopelessly corrupt, see Toy.

II. רַב 49 noun masculine chief (Assyrian-Babylonian influence, compare rab DlHWB 609 b; Biblical Aramic רַב); — construct ר׳ Jeremiah 39:9 +; plural construct רַבֵּי [H7249 Jeremiah 39:13]; Jeremiah 41:1 (but see below); — especially רַבֿ טַבָּחִים chief of guardsmen (see טַבָּח), only as title of Babylonian officer Jeremiah 30:9, 10 + 15 times Jeremiah, 7 times || 2 Kings 25 (compare שַׁר הַט׳ in Gen [J E]); also † רַב הַחֹבֵל Jonah 1:6 chief of the sailors, i.e. captain; † in general כָּלרַֿב בֵּיתוֺ Esther 1:8, † רַ־סָרִיסָיו Daniel 1:3 (see סָרִיס), and so רַבֵּי מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל Jeremiah 39:13, רַבֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ Jeremiah 41:1 (late gloss; omitted by Greek Version of the LXX and || 2 Kings 25:25, so Hi Gf Gie). † The following titles of Assyrian -Babylonian officers are probably loan-words in Hebrew: רַב־מָ֑ג [H7249 Jeremiah 39:3], 13 usually chief soothsayer (see מָ֑ג), but = rab-mugi [? chief of princes] PinchesHast. DB. BAB-MAG;
[H7249 רַב־סָרִיס (compare Old Aramaic [Nineveh] רב סרס Lzb366), 2 Kings 18:17 (Assyrian; not in || [H7262 Isaiah 36:2]), Jeremiah 39:3, 13 (Babylonian), usually chief eunuch, but = rabû-ša-rêši, chief of the heads (the principal men) WklUnters. x. altor. Geschichte. 1889, Excurs. v, p. 138 (actually found as rubû-ša-ri-ešu PinchesAcad June 25,1892, 618), PinchesHast. DB. RAB-SARIS];
[H7262 רַב־שָׁקֵה (van d. H. רַבְשָׁקֵה) chief of the officers (?) (so probably Assyrian rab-ŠAḲ; šaḳû = high one; COT 2 Kings 18:17] KBii. 23 DlHWB 685 a TieleBab.-As. Geschichte. 497. 513 PinchesHast. DB. iv 191), 2 Kings 18:17, 19, 26, 27, 28, 37; 2 Kings 19:4, 8 = Isaiah 36:2, 4, 11, 12, 13 (twice in verse); Isaiah 36:22; 37:4, 8.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:5; 7:11; 21:34; 24:25; 24:25; 25:23; 26:14; 30:43; 30:43; 33:9; 33:9; 36:7; 37:24; 45:28

Exodus

1:9; 5:5; 9:28; 19:21; 23:2; 23:2; 34:6

Leviticus

25:51

Numbers

11:33; 11:33; 13:18; 16:3; 16:7; 20:11; 22:15; 24:7; 26:54; 26:56; 33:54; 35:8

Deuteronomy

1:6; 2:3; 3:19; 3:26; 7:1; 7:17; 9:14; 20:1; 25:3; 28:38; 31:17

Joshua

10:11; 11:4; 19:9

Judges

7:2; 7:4; 8:30; 9:40; 16:30

1 Samuel

2:5; 14:6; 26:13

2 Samuel

3:22; 13:34; 22:15; 22:15; 23:20; 24:16

1 Kings

4:20; 10:2; 11:1; 12:28; 19:4; 19:7

2 Kings

6:16; 12:11; 25:25

1 Chronicles

11:22; 18:8; 21:15; 24:4; 28:5

2 Chronicles

14:10; 20:2; 24:11; 28:8; 30:17; 30:18; 32:7; 32:29

Ezra

10:13

Nehemiah

9:28; 9:28; 9:30

Esther

1:7; 1:8; 1:20

Job

1:3; 32:9

Psalms

18:15; 19:11; 31:20; 32:10; 36:7; 62:3; 65:10; 78:15; 89:8; 89:51; 106:43; 120:6; 123:3; 123:4; 129:1; 129:2; 145:7; 145:7; 147:5

Proverbs

7:26; 14:29; 26:10; 28:20; 28:27; 29:22; 31:29

Ecclesiastes

6:3; 6:3; 7:22

Song of Songs

7:5

Isaiah

8:7; 21:7; 21:7; 51:10; 53:12; 54:1; 63:1; 63:7; 63:7

Jeremiah

16:16; 30:9; 30:10; 32:19; 39:9; 39:13; 39:13; 41:1; 41:1; 51:13

Lamentations

1:1; 1:1; 1:1

Ezekiel

17:7; 22:5; 22:5; 24:12; 44:6; 45:9

Daniel

1:3; 11:13; 11:41

Amos

5:12; 7:4

Jonah

1:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7227 matches the Hebrew רַב (raḇ),
which occurs 57 times in 57 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Psa 3:1–Psa 123:3)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 -

A Psalm of David. When [fn]he fled from Absalom his son.

O Yahweh, how my adversaries have become many!

Many H7227 are rising up against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:2 -

Many H7227 are saying [fn]of my soul,

“There is no salvation for him in God.” [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:6 -

Many H7227 are saying, “Who will show us good?”

Lift up the light of Your face upon us, O Yahweh!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:16 -

He sent from on high, He took me;

He drew me out of many H7227 waters.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:10 -

They are more desirable than gold, even more than much H7227 fine gold;

Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:11 -

Moreover, by them Your slave is warned;

In keeping them there is great H7227 reward.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13 -

Also keep back Your slave from presumptuous sins;

Let them not rule over me;

Then I will be [fn]blameless,

And I shall be acquitted of great H7227 transgression.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:12 -

Many H7227 bulls have surrounded me;

Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:25 -

Of You is my praise in the great H7227 assembly;

I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:11 -

Lamedh

For Your name’s sake, O Yahweh,

Pardon my iniquity, for it is great H7227.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:3 -

The voice of Yahweh is upon the waters;

The God of glory thunders,

Yahweh is over [fn]many H7227 waters.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:13 -

For I have heard [fn]the bad report of many H7227,

Terror is on every side;

While they took counsel together against me,

They schemed to take my life.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:19 -

How great H7227 is Your goodness,

Which You have stored up for those who fear You,

Which You have worked for those who take refuge in You,

Before the sons of men!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:6 -

Therefore, let every holy one pray to You [fn]at a time when You may be found;

Surely in a flood of great H7227 waters they will not reach him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:10 -

Many H7227 are the sorrows of the wicked,

But he who trusts in Yahweh, lovingkindness shall surround him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:19 -

Resh

Many H7227 are the evils against the righteous,

But Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:18 -

I will give You thanks in the great H7227 assembly;

I will praise You among a mighty people.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 -

Your righteousness is like the [fn]mountains of God;

Your judgments are like a great H7227 deep.

O Yahweh, You save man and beast.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 -

Teth

Better is the little of the righteous

Than the abundance of many H7227 wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:3 -

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;

Many H7227 will see and fear

And will trust in Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 -

Many H7227, O Yahweh my God, are the wondrous deeds You have done,

And Your thoughts toward us;

There is none to compare with You.

I would declare and speak of them,

But they are too numerous to recount.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:9 -

I proclaim good news of righteousness in the great H7227 assembly;

Behold, I do not restrain my lips,

O Yahweh, You know.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:10 -

I do not conceal Your righteousness within my heart;

I speak of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;

I do not hide Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great H7227 assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 -

Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,

Is Mount Zion in the far north,

The city of the great H7227 King.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:18 -

He will redeem my soul in peace [fn]from the battle which is against me,

For they are many H7227 who strive with me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:2 -

My foes have [fn]trampled upon me all day long,

For many H7227 attack me proudly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:2 -

Surely He is my rock and my salvation,

My stronghold; I shall not be greatly H7227 shaken.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:9 -

You visit the earth and cause it to overflow;

You greatly H7227 enrich it;

The [fn]stream of God is full of water;

You establish their grain, for thus You establish [fn]the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:11 -

The Lord gives the word;

The women who proclaim the good news are a great H7227 host:

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:7 -

I have become a marvel to many H7227,

For You are my strong refuge.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 -

You, who have shown [fn]me many H7227 troubles and [fn]evils,

Will revive [fn]me again,

And will bring [fn]me up again from the depths of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:19 -

Your way was in the sea

And Your paths in the mighty H7227 waters,

But Your footprints were not known.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 -

He was splitting the rocks in the wilderness

And so gave them abundant H7227 drink like the ocean depths.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:5 -

For You, Lord, are good, and by nature forgiving,

And abundant H7227 in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 -

But You, O Lord, are a God compassionate and gracious,

Slow to anger and abundant H7227 in lovingkindness and [fn]truth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:7 -

A God greatly H7227 dreaded in the council of the holy ones,

And [fn]fearsome above all those who are around Him?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50 -

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your [fn]slaves;

[fn]How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many H7227 peoples,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4 -

More than the voices of many H7227 waters,

Than the mighty breakers of the sea,

Yahweh on high is mighty.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1 -

Yahweh [fn]reigns, let the earth rejoice;

Let the many H7227 coastlands be glad.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:8 -

Yahweh is compassionate and gracious,

Slow to anger and abounding H7227 in lovingkindness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 -

Many H7227 times He would deliver them;

But they were rebellious in their counsel,

And so they sank down in their iniquity.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23 -

Those who go down to the sea in ships,

Who do business on many H7227 waters;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:30 -

With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to Yahweh;

And in the midst of many H7227 I will praise Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6 -

He will render justice among the nations,

He [fn]will fill them with corpses,

He [fn]will crush the [fn]head that is over the wide H7227 earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:156 -

Many H7227 are Your [fn]compassions, O Yahweh;

Revive me according to Your judgments.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 -

Many H7227 are my persecutors and my adversaries,

Yet I do not turn aside from Your testimonies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:162 -

I rejoice at Your [fn]word,

As one who finds much H7227 spoil.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165 -

Those who love Your law have much H7227 peace,

And [fn]nothing causes them to stumble.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:6 -

Too long H7227 has my soul had its dwelling

With those who hate peace.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:3 -

Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us,

For we are greatly H7227 saturated with contempt.


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