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Lexicon :: Strong's H7231 - rāḇaḇ

Aa
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 BoxGen 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:1 - And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:6 - If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 - <A Psalm. Of David. When he went in flight from Absalom his son.> Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:7 - Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:19 - See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:19 - But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:24 - O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:13 - Our store-houses are full of all good things; and our sheep give birth to thousands and ten thousands in our fields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:16 - For with fire and sword will the Lord come, judging all the earth, and his sword will be on all flesh: and great numbers will be put to death by him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - And so a lion from the woods will put them to death, a wolf of the waste land will make them waste, a leopard will keep watch on their towns, and everyone who goes out from them will be food for the beasts; because of the great number of their sins and the increase of their wrongdoing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:7 - Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:23 - They will be cutting down her woods, for they may not be searched out; because they are like locusts, more than may be numbered.
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