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Lexicon :: Strong's H7231 - rāḇaḇ

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רָבַב
Transliteration
rāḇaḇ
Pronunciation
raw-bab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2099

Strong’s Definitions

רָבַב râbab, raw-bab'; a primitive root; (compare H7241); also as denominative from H7233; properly, to cast together , i.e. increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriad:—increase, be many(-ifold), be more, multiply, ten thousands.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H7231 in the following manner: are many (6x), are multiplied (3x), increased (3x), are more (2x), manifold (1x), ten thousands (1x), multiply (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H7231 in the following manner: are many (6x), are multiplied (3x), increased (3x), are more (2x), manifold (1x), ten thousands (1x), multiply (1x).

  1. to be or become many, be or become much, be or become great

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be or become many

      2. to be or become great

      3. to be long (of journey)

  2. (Pual) ten thousands

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָבַב râbab, raw-bab'; a primitive root; (compare H7241); also as denominative from H7233; properly, to cast together , i.e. increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriad:—increase, be many(-ifold), be more, multiply, ten thousands.
STRONGS H7231: Abbreviations
† I. [רָבַב] verb be or become, many, much (Late Hebrew רַב especially lord, master, רַבִּי my master teacher; MI5 adjective plural רבן; Ph רב feminine רבת; Assyrian [rabâbu], rabbu; Arabic bdb091202 rear, increase (active; bdb091203 thick juice, compare Late Hebrew רְבָב grease is thought by Buhl and others to indicate original meaning be thick), bdb091204 lord, owner, master; Sabean רב especially in proper names, רבאל, רבבם רבשמסם, etc., CISiv, nos-285, 3; 286, 1; 287, 12, etc.; Lihyanian רבה its lord DHMEpigr. Denkm. Arabic 232; Ethiopic bdb091205 expand, spread (intransitive); Aramaic רַב bdb091206 great, chief, so Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene רב, Lzb366 Cook107); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular consecutive וְרַבָּה Exodus 23:29; Isaiah 6:12, רָ֑בָּה Genesis 18:20 (Hosea 9:7 read וְרֹב הַמּשְׂטֵמָה [for MT וְרַבָּה מ׳] Greek Version of the LXX. We Now); elsewhere only 3rd person plural רַבּוּ 1 Samuel 25:10+, רָ֑בּוּ Jeremiah 46:23+2 times [other forms supplied by רבה which see]; Infinitive construct רֹב Genesis 6:1; Joshua 9:13; Leviticus 25:16 (|| מְעֹט), suffix רֻבְּכֶם Deuteronomy 7:7, and perhaps רֻבָּם Hosea 4:7 (compare רֹב below); —
1. be (become) many, person Genesis 6:1 (J) Exodus 23:29 (E; see above), 1 Samuel 25:10; Hosea 4:7 (perhaps), Isaiah 66:16; Psalm 3:2; Psalm 25:19; Psalm 38:20; Ecclesiastes 5:10+ מִן compare Jeremiah 46:23; Deuteronomy 7:7; Psalm 69:5; of things Isaiah 22:9; Psalm 4:8; Psalm 104:24, years Leviticus 25:16(P), sins Jeremiah 5:6; Jeremiah 14:7; Isaiah 59:12; Job 35:6.
2. become great, Genesis 18:20 (J) Isaiah 6:12; be long, of journey, Joshua 9:13 —

[רָבַב] Pu. denominative from preceding: — Participle feminine plural מְרֻבָּבוֺת Psalm 144:13 multiplied ten thousand-fold.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:1; 6:1; 18:20; 18:20

Exodus

23:29; 23:29

Leviticus

25:16; 25:16

Deuteronomy

7:7; 7:7

Joshua

9:13; 9:13

1 Samuel

25:10; 25:10

Job

35:6

Psalms

3:2; 4:8; 25:19; 38:20; 69:5; 104:24; 144:13

Ecclesiastes

5:10

Isaiah

6:12; 6:12; 22:9; 59:12; 66:16

Jeremiah

5:6; 14:7; 46:23; 46:23

Hosea

4:7; 4:7; 9:7

H7231

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Strong's Number H7231 matches the Hebrew רָבַב (rāḇaḇ),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:1 - And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:6 - If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 - A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied! Many are rising up against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:7 - Thou hast given joy in my heart, From the time their corn and their wine Have been multiplied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:19 - See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:19 - And mine enemies are lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away -- I bring back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:24 - How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:13 - Our garners are full, bringing out from kind to kind, Our flocks are bringing forth thousands, Ten thousands in our out-places,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:16 - For by fire and by His sword, Doth Jehovah do judgment with all flesh. And many have been Jehovah's pierced ones.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Therefore smitten them hath a lion out of the forest, A wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, A leopard is watching over their cities, Every one who is going out of them is torn, For many have been their transgressions, Mighty have been their backslidings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:7 - Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O Jehovah, work for Thy name's sake, For many have been our backslidings, Against Thee we have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:23 - They have cut down her forest, An affirmation of Jehovah -- for it is not searched, For they have been more than the grasshopper, And they have no numbering.
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