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Lexicon :: Strong's H7257 - rāḇaṣ

Aa
רָבַץ
Transliteration
rāḇaṣ
Pronunciation
raw-bats'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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 BoxGen 49:9 - “Judah H3063 is a lion’s H738 whelp; H1482
From the prey, H2964 my son, H1121 you have gone H5927 up.
He [fn]couches, H3766 he lies H7257 down H7257 as a lion, H738
And as a [fn]lion, H3833 who H4310 [fn]dares rouse H6965 him up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:14 - “Issachar H3485 is [fn]a strong H1634 donkey, H2543
Lying H7257 down H7257 between H996 the [fn]sheepfolds. H4942

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And [fn]by the [fn]Almighty H7706 who blesses H1288 you
With blessings H1293 of heaven H8064 above, H4480 H5921
Blessings H1293 of the deep H8415 that lies H7257 beneath, H8478
Blessings H1293 of the breasts H7699 and of the womb. H7358

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - When the donkey H860 saw H7200 the angel H4397 of the LORD, H3068 she lay H7257 down H7257 under H8478 Balaam; H1109 so Balaam H1109 was angry H639 H2734 and struck H5221 the donkey H860 with his stick. H4731

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:13 - Of Joseph H3130 he said, H559
“Blessed H1288 of the LORD H3068 be his land, H776
With the choice H4022 things H4022 of heaven, H8064 with the dew, H2919
And from the deep H8415 lying H7257 beneath, H8478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:19 - “You would lie H7257 down H7257 and none H369 would disturb H2729 you,
And many H7227 would entreat H2470 your [fn]favor. H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:2 - He makes me lie H7257 down H7257 in green H1877 pastures; H5116
He leads H5095 me beside H5921 [fn]quiet H4496 waters. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:22 - When the sun H8121 rises H2224 they withdraw H622
And lie H7257 down H7257 in their dens. H4585

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - “Tell H5046 me, O you whom H7945 my soul H5315 loves, H157
Where H351 do you pasture H7462 your flock,
Where H351 do you make it lie H7257 down H7257 at noon? H6672
For why H4100 should I be like one who [fn]veils H5844 herself
Beside H5921 the flocks H5739 of your companions?” H2270

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6 - And the wolf H2061 will dwell H1481 with the lamb, H3532
And the leopard H5246 will lie H7257 down H7257 with the young H1423 goat, H1423
And the calf H5695 and the young H3715 lion H3715 [fn]and the fatling H4806 together; H3162
And a little H6996 boy H5288 will lead H5090 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 - Also the cow H6510 and the bear H1677 will graze, H7462
Their young H3206 will lie H7257 down H7257 together, H3162
And the lion H738 will eat H398 straw H8401 like the ox. H1241

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:20 - It will never H3808 H5331 be inhabited H3427 or lived H7931 in from generation H1755 to generation; H1755
Nor H3808 will the Arab H6163 pitch H167 his tent H167 there, H8033
Nor H3808 will shepherds H7462 make their flocks lie H7257 down H7257 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:21 - But desert H6728 creatures H6728 will lie H7257 down H7257 there, H8033
And their houses H1004 will be full H4390 of [fn]owls; H255
Ostriches H3284 also will live H7931 there, H8033 and [fn]shaggy H8163 goats H8163 will frolic H7540 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - “[fn]Those who are most H1060 helpless H1800 will eat, H7462
And the needy H34 will lie H7257 down H7257 in security; H983
I will [fn]destroy H4191 your root H8328 with famine, H7458
And it will kill H2026 off your survivors. H7611

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:2 - “The cities H5892 [fn]of Aroer H6177 are forsaken; H5800
They will be for flocks H5739 [fn]to lie H7257 down H7257 in,
And there H369 will be no H369 one H369 to frighten H2729 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10 - For the fortified H1219 city H5892 is isolated, H910
A [fn]homestead H5116 forlorn H7971 and forsaken H5800 like the desert; H4057
There H8033 the calf H5695 will graze, H7462
And there H8033 it will lie H7257 down H7257 and [fn]feed H3615 on its branches. H5585

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:11 - “O afflicted H6041 one, H6041 storm-tossed, H5590 and not comforted, H5162
Behold, H2009 I will set H7257 your stones H68 in antimony, H6320
And your foundations H3245 I will lay H3245 in [fn]sapphires. H5601

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:12 - “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 ‘There will again H5750 be in this H2088 place H4725 which is waste, H2720 without H4480 H369 man H120 or beast, H929 and in all H3605 its cities, H5892 a [fn]habitation H5116 of shepherds H7462 who rest H7257 their flocks. H6629

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2 - and say, H559
‘[fn]What H4100 was your mother? H517
A lioness H3833 among H996 lions! H738
She lay H7257 down H7257 among H8432 young H3715 lions, H3715
She reared H7235 her cubs. H1482

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3 - “Speak H1696 and say, H559 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD, H3068
“Behold, H2009 I am against H5921 you, Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt, H4714
The great H1419 [fn]monster H8577 that lies H7257 in the midst H8432 of his [fn]rivers, H2975
That has said, H559 ‘My Nile H2975 is mine, and I myself H589 have made H6213 it.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:14 - “I will feed H7462 them in a good H2896 pasture, H4829 and their grazing H5116 ground H5116 will be on the mountain H2022 heights H4791 of Israel. H3478 There H8033 they will lie H7257 down H7257 on good H2896 grazing H5116 ground H5116 and feed H7462 in [fn]rich H8082 pasture H4829 on the mountains H2022 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:15 - “I will feed H7462 My flock H6629 and I will [fn]lead H7257 them to rest,” H7257 declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:7 - And the coast H2256 will be
For the remnant H7611 of the house H1004 of Judah, H3063
They will pasture H7462 on it.
In the houses H1004 of Ashkelon H831 they will lie H7257 down H7257 at evening; H6153
For the LORD H3068 their God H430 will care H6485 for them
And restore H7725 their fortune. H7622

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - Flocks H5739 will lie H7257 down H7257 in her midst, H8432
[fn]All H3605 beasts H2416 which range in herds; H1471
Both H1571 the [fn]pelican H6893 and the hedgehog H7090
Will lodge H3885 in [fn]the tops H3730 of her pillars; H3730
[fn]Birds H6963 will sing H7891 in the window, H2474
Desolation H2721 will be on the threshold; H5592
For He has laid H6168 bare H6168 the cedar H731 work. H731

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:13 - “The remnant H7611 of Israel H3478 will do H6213 no H3808 wrong H5766
And tell H1696 no H3808 lies, H3577
Nor H3808 will a deceitful H8649 tongue H3956
Be found H4672 in their mouths; H6310
For they will feed H7462 and lie H7257 down H7257
With no H369 one H369 to make them tremble.” H2729
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