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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 - canticum David cum fugeret a facie Abessalon filii sui [Vulgate 3:2] Domine quare multiplicati sunt hostes mei multi consurgunt adversus me
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:2 - [Vulgate 3:3] multi dicunt animae meae non est salus huic in Deo semper
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:6 - [Vulgate 4:7] leva super nos lucem vultus tui Domine dedisti laetitiam in corde meo
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:16 - [Vulgate 17:17] misit de alto et accepit me extraxit me de aquis multis
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:10 - [Vulgate 18:11] desiderabilia super aurum et lapidem pretiosum multum et dulciora super mel et favum redundantem
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:11 - [Vulgate 18:12] unde et servus tuus docebit ea in custodiendis eis fructus multus
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13 - [Vulgate 18:14] a superbis quoque libera servum tuum si non fuerint dominati mei tunc inmaculatus ero et mundabor a delicto maximo
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:12 - [Vulgate 21:13] circumdederunt me vituli multi tauri pingues vallaverunt me
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:25 - [Vulgate 21:26] apud te laus mea in ecclesia multa vota mea reddam in conspectu timentium eum
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:11 - [Vulgate 24:11] propter nomen tuum propitiare iniquitati meae quoniam grandis est
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:3 - [Vulgate 28:3] vox Domini super aquas Deus gloriae intonuit Dominus super aquas multas
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:13 - [Vulgate 30:14] audivi enim obprobrium multorum congregationem in circuitu cum inirent consilium adversum me et ut auferrent animam meam cogitarent
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:19 - [Vulgate 30:20] quam multa est bonitas tua quam abscondisti timentibus te operatus es sperantibus in te in conspectu filiorum hominum
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:6 - [Vulgate 31:6] pro hoc orat omnis sanctus ad te tempus inveniens ut cum inundaverint aquae multae ad illum non accedant
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:10 - [Vulgate 31:10] multi dolores impii confidentem autem in Domino misericordia circumdabit
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:19 - [Vulgate 33:20] multae tribulationes iusti et ex omnibus illis liberabit eum Dominus
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:18 - [Vulgate 34:18] confitebor tibi in ecclesia grandi in populo forti laudabo te
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - [Vulgate 35:7] iustitia tua quasi montes Domine iudicium tuum abyssus multa homines et iumenta salvos facies Domine
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 - [Vulgate 36:16] teth melius est parum iusto quam divitiae impiorum multae
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:3 - [Vulgate 39:4] et dedit in ore meo canticum novum laudem Deo nostro videbunt multi et timebunt et sperabunt in Domino
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 - [Vulgate 39:6] multa fecisti tu Domine Deus meus mirabilia tua et cogitationes tuas pro nobis non invenio ordinem coram te si narrare voluero et numerare plura sunt quam ut narrari queant
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:9 - [Vulgate 39:10] adnuntiavi iustum in ecclesia multa ecce labia mea non prohibebo Domine tu nosti
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:10 - [Vulgate 39:11] iustitiam tuam non abscondi in medio cordis mei fidem tuam et salutare tuum dixi non abscondi misericordiam tuam et veritatem tuam in ecclesia multa
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - [Vulgate 47:3] specioso germini gaudio universae terrae monti Sion lateribus aquilonis civitatulae regis magni
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:18 - [Vulgate 54:19] redimet in pace animam meam ab adpropinquantibus mihi multi enim fuerunt adversum me
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:2 - [Vulgate 55:3] conculcaverunt me insidiatores mei tota die multi enim qui pugnant contra me Altissime
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:2 - [Vulgate 61:3] attamen ipse est scutum meum et salus mea fortitudo mea non commovebor amplius
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:9 - [Vulgate 64:10] visita terram et inriga eam ubertate dita eam rivus Dei plenus aqua praeparabis frumentum eorum quia sic fundasti eam
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:11 - [Vulgate 67:12] Domine dabis sermonem adnuntiatricibus fortitudinis plurimae
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:7 - [Vulgate 70:7] quasi portentum factus sum multis et tu spes mea fortissima
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - [Vulgate 70:20] qui ostendisti mihi tribulationes plurimas et adflictiones conversus vivificabis nos et de abyssis terrae rursum educes nos
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:19 - [Vulgate 76:20] in mari via tua et semitae tuae in aquis multis et vestigia tua non sunt agnita
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - [Vulgate 77:15] scidit petram in deserto et potum dedit quasi de abyssis magnis
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:5 - [Vulgate 85:5] tu enim es Domine bonus et propitiabilis et multus misericordia omnibus qui invocant te
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 - [Vulgate 85:15] tu autem Domine Deus misericors et clemens patiens et multae misericordiae et verus
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:7 - [Vulgate 88:8] Deus inclitus in arcano sanctorum nimio et terribilis in cunctis qui circum eum sunt
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50 - [Vulgate 88:51] recordare Domine obprobrii servorum tuorum quia portavi in sinu meo omnes iniquitates populorum
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4 - [Vulgate 92:4] a vocibus aquarum multarum grandes fluctus maris grandis in excelso Dominus
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1 - [Vulgate 96:1] Dominus regnavit exultabit terra laetabuntur insulae multae
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:8 - [Vulgate 102:8] misericors et clemens Dominus patiens et multae miserationis
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 - [Vulgate 105:43] multis vicibus liberavit eos ipsi vero provocabant in consiliis suis et humiliati sunt propter iniquitates suas
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23 - [Vulgate 106:23] qui descendunt in mare navibus facientes opus in aquis multis
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:30 - [Vulgate 108:30] confitebor Domino vehementer in ore meo et in medio populorum laudabo eum
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6 - [Vulgate 109:6] iudicabit in gentibus implebit valles percutiet caput in terra multa
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:156 - [Vulgate 118:156] misericordiae tuae multae Domine iuxta iudicia tua vivifica me
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 - [Vulgate 118:157] multi qui persequuntur me et adfligunt me a testimoniis tuis non declinavi
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:162 - [Vulgate 118:162] gaudens ego sum in eloquio tuo sicut qui invenit spolia multa
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165 - [Vulgate 118:165] pax multa diligentibus legem tuam et non est illis scandalum
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:6 - [Vulgate 119:6] multum peregrinata est anima mea
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:3 - [Vulgate 122:3] miserere nostri Domine miserere nostri quoniam multum repleti sumus despectione

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