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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 461 times in 443 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 9 / 9 (Dan 11:26–Mal 2:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:26 - “Those who eat his choice food will [fn]destroy him, and his army will [fn]overflow, but many H7227 will fall down slain.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:33 - “And [fn]those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many H7227; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:34 - “Now when they fall they will be granted a little help, and many H7227 will join with them in hypocrisy.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - “And he will take action against the strongest of fortresses with the help of a foreign god; he will give great honor to [fn]those who acknowledge him and will make them rulers over the many H7227, and will parcel out land for a price.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:40 -

“And at the end time the king of the South will wage war with him, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and with many H7227 ships; and he will enter countries, overflow them, and pass through.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:41 - “He will also enter the [fn]Beautiful Land, and many H7227 countries will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, Moab, and the foremost of the sons of Ammon.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:44 - “But rumors from the East and from the North will terrify him, and he will go out with great wrath to eliminate and [fn]annihilate many H7227.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:2 - “And many H7227 of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting [fn]contempt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:3 - “And [fn]those who have insight will shine like the glow of the [fn]expanse of heaven, and those who [fn]lead the many H7227 to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:4 - “But as for you, Daniel, keep these words secret and seal up the book until the end of time; many H7227 will roam about, and knowledge will increase.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:10 - “Many H7227 will be purged, [fn]cleansed, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but [fn]those who have insight will understand.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:3 - Then I said to her, “You shall live with me for many H7227 days. You shall not play the prostitute, nor shall you have another man; so I will also be toward you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4 - For the sons of Israel will live for many H7227 days without a king or leader, without sacrifice or memorial stone, and without ephod or [fn]household idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 -

The days of punishment have come,

The days of retribution have come;

[fn]Let Israel know this!

The prophet is a fool,

The [fn]inspired person is insane,

Because of the grossness of your wrongdoing,

And because your [fn]hostility is so great H7227.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2 -

A day of darkness and gloom,

A day of clouds and thick darkness.

As dawn is spread over the mountains,

So there is a great H7227 and mighty people;

There has never been anything like it,

Nor will there be again after it

To the years of many generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:11 -

The LORD utters His voice before His army;

His camp is indeed very great H7227,

For mighty is one who carries out His word.

The day of the LORD is indeed great and very awesome,

And who can endure it?

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:13 -

And tear your heart and not merely your garments.”

Now return to the LORD your God,

For He is gracious and compassionate,

Slow to anger, abounding H7227 in mercy

And relenting of catastrophe.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:13 -

Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.

Come, tread the grapes, for the wine press is full;

The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great H7227.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:9 -

Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria and see the great H7227 panic within her and the oppressions in her midst.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:15 -

“I will also strike the winter house together with the summer house;

The houses of [fn]ivory will also perish,

And the great H7227 houses will come to an end,”

Declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:12 -

For I know your offenses are many H7227 and your sins are great,

You who are hostile to the righteous and accept bribes,

And [fn]turn away the poor from justice at the [fn]gate.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:2 -

Go over to Calneh and look,

And go from there to Hamath the great H7227,

Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.

Are [fn]they better than these kingdoms,

Or is their territory greater H7227 than yours?

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4 -

So the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD was calling to contend with them by fire, and it consumed the great H7227 deep and began to consume the [fn]farmland.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:3 - [fn]The songs of the palace will turn to wailing on that day,” declares the Lord GOD. “The corpses will be many H7227; in every place [fn]they will throw them out. [fn]Hush!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - So the captain H7227 approached him and said, “How is it that you are sleeping? Get up, call on your god! Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:2 - Then he prayed to the LORD and said, “Please LORD, was this not [fn]what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore in anticipation of this I fled to Tarshish, since I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant H7227 in mercy, and One who relents of disaster.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - “Should I not also have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 people, who do not know the difference between their right hand and their left, as well as many H7227 animals?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:2 -

Many H7227 nations will come and say,

“Come and let’s go up to the mountain of the LORD

And to the house of the God of Jacob,

So that He may teach us about His ways,

And that we may walk in His paths.”

For from Zion will go forth the law,

And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:3 -

And He will judge between many H7227 peoples

And render decisions for mighty, [fn]distant nations.

Then they will beat their swords into plowshares,

And their spears into pruning hooks;

Nation will not lift a sword against nation,

And never again will they [fn]train for war.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:11 -

“And now many H7227 nations have been assembled against you

Who say, ‘Let her be defiled,

And let our eyes [fn]gloat over Zion!’

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:13 -

“Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion,

For I will make your horn iron,

And I will make your hoofs bronze,

So that you may pulverize many H7227 peoples,

And dedicate to the LORD their unjust profit,

And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:7 -

Then the remnant of Jacob

Will be among many H7227 peoples

Like dew from the LORD,

Like showers on vegetation

That do not wait for man,

Or delay for [fn]mankind.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8 -

The remnant of Jacob

Will be among the nations,

Among many H7227 peoples

Like a lion among the animals of the forest,

Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,

Which, if he passes through,

Tramples and tears,

And there is no one who can rescue.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:12 -

This is what the LORD says:

“Though they are at full strength and so they are many H7227,

So also they will be cut off and pass away.

Though I have afflicted you,

I will afflict you no longer.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:8 -

“Since you have looted many H7227 nations,

All the rest of the peoples will loot you—

Because of human bloodshed and violence [fn]done to the land,

To the town and all its inhabitants.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:10 -

“You have planned a shameful thing for your house

By bringing many H7227 peoples to an end;

So you are sinning against yourself.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:15 -

You trampled on the sea with Your horses,

On the foam of many H7227 waters.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:11 - “And many H7227 nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of armies has sent Me to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:20 -

“The LORD of armies says this: ‘It will yet turn out that peoples will come, that is, the inhabitants of many H7227 cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:22 - ‘So many H7227 peoples and mighty nations will come to seek the LORD of armies in Jerusalem, and to plead for the favor of the LORD.’
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:13 - And it will come about on that day that a great H7227 panic from the LORD will [fn]fall on them; and they will seize one another’s hand, and the hand of one will [fn]be raised against the hand of another.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:6 - [fn]True instruction was in his mouth and injustice was not found on his lips; he walked with Me in peace and justice, and he turned many H7227 back from wrongdoing.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:8 - “But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many H7227 to stumble [fn]by the instruction; you have ruined the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of armies.

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