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Lexicon :: Strong's H7229 - raḇ

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רַב
Transliteration
raḇ
Pronunciation
rab
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Part of Speech
adjective, noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to רַב (H7227)
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TWOT Reference: 2984a

Strong’s Definitions

רַב rab, rab; (Aramaic) corresponding to H7227:—captain, chief, great, lord, master, stout.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H7229 in the following manner: great (9x), master (2x), stout (1x), chief (1x), captain (1x), lord (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H7229 in the following manner: great (9x), master (2x), stout (1x), chief (1x), captain (1x), lord (1x).
adjective

  1. great

    1. great

    2. great (fig of power)

      noun

  2. captain, chief

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רַב rab, rab; (Aramaic) corresponding to H7227:—captain, chief, great, lord, master, stout.
STRONGS H7229: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

רַב adjective great (Targum Syriac); — absolute Daniel 2:31 +, construct Daniel 2:14 +; emphatic masculine רַבָּא Ezra 4:10 +; feminine רַבְּתָא Daniel 4:27 [Daniel 4:30];
[H7260 masculine plural redupl. רַבְרְבִין (K§ 59, 4) Daniel 3:33 [Daniel 4:3], feminine plural בָן - Daniel 2:48 +, emphatic ָ֯ תָא Daniel 7:11, Daniel 7:17;] —
1. great, literally, of image Daniel 2:31, rock Daniel 2:35, city Daniel 4:27 [Daniel 4:30], sea Daniel 7:2,
[H7260 beast Daniel 7:3; Daniel 7:17, teeth Daniel 7:7, gifts Daniel 2:48];
great, imposing, feast Daniel 5:1,
[H7260 signs Daniel 3:33 [Daniel 4:3], words Daniel 7:8, Daniel 7:11, Daniel 7:20; with מִן [H4481 Daniel 7:20]].
2. figurative of power, influence, etc.: great king Daniel 2:10; Ezra 4:10; Ezra 5:11 (compare Zinjirli מלכן רברבן Cooke183), God Ezra 5:8; Daniel 2:45.
3. as noun = captain, chief: רַב טַבָּחַיָּא Daniel 2:14, סִגְנִין ר׳ Daniel 2:48, חַרְטֻמַּיָּא ר׳ Daniel 4:6 [Daniel 4:9]; Daniel 5:11.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:10; 4:10; 5:8; 5:11

Daniel

2:10; 2:14; 2:14; 2:31; 2:31; 2:35; 2:45; 2:48; 4:9; 4:30; 4:30; 5:1; 5:11; 7:2

H7229

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Strong's Number H7229 matches the Hebrew רַב (raḇ),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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and the rest of the nations, which the great H7229 and honorable [fn]Osnappar took away into exile and settled in the city of Samaria and in the rest of the region beyond the [fn]River. And now—

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“Let it be known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the house of the great H7229 God, and it is being built with huge stones, and timber is being put within the walls; and that work is going on with all diligence and is succeeding in their hands.

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“Thus they responded with a word to us, saying,

‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great H7229 king of Israel built and completed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chaldeans answered [fn]the king and said, “There is not a man on earth who is able to declare the matter [fn]for the king, inasmuch as no great H7229 king or powerful ruler has ever asked about a matter like this of any [fn]magician, conjurer, or Chaldean.

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Then Daniel replied with discretion and discernment to Arioch, the captain H7229 of the king’s [fn]bodyguard, who had gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon;

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“You, O king, were looking, and behold, there was a single great [fn]image; that image, which was large H7229 and [fn]of extraordinary splendor, was rising up in front of you, and its appearance was [fn]awesome.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:35 - “Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed [fn]all at the same time and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the image became a great H7229 mountain and filled the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - “Inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great H7229 God has made known to the king what will happen [fn]in the future; so the dream is certain, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:48 - Then the king [fn]promoted Daniel and gave him many great H7229 gifts, and he made him rule with power over the whole province of Babylon and chief H7229 [fn]prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:9 - ‘O Belteshazzar, chief H7229 of the magicians, since I know that a spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no mystery is difficult for you, say to me the visions of my dream which I have seen, along with its interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30 - “The king answered and said, ‘Is this not Babylon the great H7229, which I myself have built as a royal house by the strength of my power and for the glory of my majesty?’

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Belshazzar the king [fn]held a great H7229 feast for one thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:11 - “There is a man in your kingdom in whom is [fn]a spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, illumination, insight, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, your father [fn]the king, set him as chief H7229 of the [fn]magicians, conjurers, [fn]Chaldeans, and diviners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:2 - Daniel answered and said, “I was looking in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great H7229 sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:20 - and the meaning of the ten horns that were on its head and the other horn which came up and before which three of them fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth speaking great H7229 boasts and [fn]which was larger H7229 in appearance than its associates.
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