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Lexicon :: Strong's H7257 - rāḇaṣ

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רָבַץ
Transliteration
rāḇaṣ
Pronunciation
raw-bats'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2109

Strong’s Definitions

רָבַץ râbats, raw-bats'; a primitive root; to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); by implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed:—crouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H7257 in the following manner: lay down (15x), lay (9x), couch beneath (1x), couched (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H7257 in the following manner: lay down (15x), lay (9x), couch beneath (1x), couched (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. to stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out

    1. (Qal) to lie down, lie

    2. (Hiphil) to cause to lie down

      1. laying (stones)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָבַץ râbats, raw-bats'; a primitive root; to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); by implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed:—crouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.
STRONGS H7257: Abbreviations
† רָבַץ verb stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian rabâṣu, lie, dwell; rubṣu (in word-lists), stall, also womb (compare II. רבע above); Arabic bdb091802 lie down, on the breast, stretch oneself out, bdb091803 Sabean מרבצֿן CISiv. no. 5, 2; Targum רְבַע lie stretched out, Syriac bdb091804, Christian-Palestinian Aramaic bdb091805 recline at meals, SchwIdioticon 87); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ר׳ Genesis 49:9, 3rd person feminine singular consecutive וְרָֽבְצָה Deuteronomy 29:19, רָבָ֑צָה Ezekiel 19:2, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְבָּ֑ץ Isaiah 11:6; Isaiah 27:10; 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּרְבַּץ Numbers 22:27; 3rd person masculine plural יִרְבְּצוּ Numbers 11:7 יִרְבָּ֑צוּ Numbers 14:30 יִרְבָּצ֑וּן Zephaniah 2:7; Psalm 104:22; 3rd person feminine plural תִּרְבַּצְנָה Ezekiel 34:14; Participle רֹבֵץ Exodus 23:5 + 3 times; feminine רֹבֶ֫צֶת Genesis 49:25 + 2 times; masculine plural רֹבְצֹים Genesis 29:2; — lie down, lie: of domestic animals, ass Exodus 23:5 (E; under heavy burden), Numbers 22:27 (Jeremiah; in obstructed path), Genesis 49:14 (at ease; poetic, in simile); sheep, in repose, Genesis 29:2 (J), Isaiah 17:2; Zephaniah 2:14; figurative of people Ezekiel 34:14; calf in repose Isaiah 27:10: of wild beasts, lion, in lair, Genesis 49:9 (poem in J; figurative), Psalm 104:22; = make lair, abode Ezekiel 19:2 (figurative), so of צִיִּים Isaiah 13:21, תַּנֵין Ezekiel 29:3 (figurative); leopard (with kid) Isaiah 11:6, compare Isaiah 11:7; = brood, of mother-bird Deuteronomy 22:6 (עַלהָֿאֶפְרֹחִים); of man, in repose Isaiah 14:30; Job 11:19, compare Zephaniah 2:7; Zephaniah 3:13 (figurative of flock perhaps implied, compare Ezekiel 34:14 above); of the deep, רֹבֶצֶת תָּ֑חַת Genesis 49:25; Deuteronomy 33:13; figurative of curse Deuteronomy 29:19 (ב person); of sin, רֹבֵץ חַטָּאת לַפֶּתַח Genesis 4:7 at the door sin makes its lair.
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַרְבִּיצֵנִי Psalm 23:2, 2nd person masculine singular תַּרְבִּיץ Songs 1:7, etc.; Participle מַרְבִּיץ Isaiah 54: plural מַרְבִּצִים Jeremiah 33:12; — cause to lie down, or lie, accusative of flock (for repose) Jeremiah 33:12, also (figurative) Psalm 23:2; Ezekiel 34:15; accusative of flock omitted Isaiah 13:10; Songs 1:7; of laying stones Isaiah 54:
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:7; 29:2; 29:2; 49:9; 49:9; 49:14; 49:25; 49:25

Exodus

23:5; 23:5

Numbers

11:7; 14:30; 22:27; 22:27

Deuteronomy

22:6; 29:19; 29:19; 33:13

Job

11:19

Psalms

23:2; 23:2; 104:22; 104:22

Song of Songs

1:7; 1:7

Isaiah

11:6; 11:6; 11:7; 13:10; 13:21; 14:30; 17:2; 27:10; 27:10; 54; 54

Jeremiah

33:12; 33:12

Ezekiel

19:2; 19:2; 29:3; 34:14; 34:14; 34:14; 34:15

Zephaniah

2:7; 2:7; 2:14; 3:13

H7257

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Strong's Number H7257 matches the Hebrew רָבַץ (rāḇaṣ),
which occurs 30 times in 30 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:7 - If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door: and unto thee shall be its desire; but do thou rule over it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - And he looked, and, behold, a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and the stone upon the well’s mouth was great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9 -
Judah is a lion’s whelp;
From the prey, my son, thou art gone up:
He stooped down, he couched as a lion,
And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:14 -
Issachar is a strong ass,
Couching down between the sheepfolds:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 -
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee,
And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee,
With blessings of heaven above,
Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath,
Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:5 - If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release it with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:6 - If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:13 - And of Joseph he said,
Blessed of Jehovah be his land,
For the precious things of heaven, for the dew,
And for the deep that coucheth beneath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:19 -
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid;
Yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:2 -
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;
He leadeth me beside still waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:22 -
The sun ariseth, they get them away,
And lay them down in their dens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 -
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth,
Where thou feedest thy flock,
Where thou makest it to rest at noon:
For why should I be as one that is veiled
Beside the flocks of thy companions?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6 - And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:20 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:21 - But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:2 - The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10 - For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:11 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:12 - Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2 - and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3 - speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:14 - I will feed them with good pasture; and upon the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:15 - I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:7 - And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed their flocks thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for Jehovah their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar-work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:13 - The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
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