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Lexicon :: Strong's H7237 - rabâ

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רַבָּה
Transliteration
rabâ
Pronunciation
rab-baw'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Fem. of רַב (H7227)
Strong’s Definitions

רַבָּה Rabbâh, rab-baw'; feminine of H7227; great; Rabbah, the name of two places in Palestine, East and West:—Rabbah, Rabbath.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H7237 in the following manner: Rabbah (13x), Rabbath (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H7237 in the following manner: Rabbah (13x), Rabbath (2x).

  1. Rabbath = "great"

    1. the capital city of the Ammonites located east of the Jordan

    2. a town in Judah; site uncertain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רַבָּה Rabbâh, rab-baw'; feminine of H7227; great; Rabbah, the name of two places in Palestine, East and West:—Rabbah, Rabbath.
STRONGS H7237: Abbreviations
† רַבָּה proper name, of a location Rabba (properly great or populous, that is, city); —
1. capital of Ammonites explicitly, רַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמּוֺן 2 Samuel 12:26, 27; 2 Samuel 17:27; Deuteronomy 3:11; Jeremiah 49:2; Ezekiel 21:25; רַבָּה alone 2 Samuel 11:1 || 1 Chronicles 20:1 (twice in verse), Amos 1:14; Jeremiah 49:3; Ezekiel 25:5; Joshua 13:25 (P); with ה locative רַבָּ֑תָה 2 Samuel 12:29; in Greek Period Philadelphia, Lagonom 215, 94; 219, 82 (but Ραββατμανα Polybv. 71.4), modern ‘Ammân13½ miles northeast from Heshbon, 28½ miles east of Jordan; compare BuhlGeogr. 260;- Greek Version of the LXX Ραββαθ, Ραββα
2. הָרַבָּה city in Judah Joshua 15:60 (P), site unknown; — Greek Version of the LXX Σωθηβα, A LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Αρεββα.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

3:11

Joshua

13:25; 15:60

2 Samuel

11:1; 12:26; 12:27; 12:29; 17:27

1 Chronicles

20:1

Jeremiah

49:2; 49:3

Ezekiel

21:25; 25:5

Amos

1:14

H7237

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7237 matches the Hebrew רַבָּה (rabâ),
which occurs 15 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - “For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the giants.[fn] Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:25 - Their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, which is before Rabbah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:60

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:60 - Kirjath Baal (which is Kirjath Jearim) and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 - It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:26 - Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and took the royal city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:27 - And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, and I have taken the city’s water supply.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:29 - So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, fought against it, and took it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:27 - Now it happened, when David had come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the people of Ammon, Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - It happened in the spring of the year, at the time kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the armed forces and ravaged the country of the people of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab defeated Rabbah and overthrew it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:2 - Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD,
“That I will cause to be heard an alarm of war
In Rabbah of the Ammonites;
It shall be a desolate mound,
And her villages shall be burned with fire.
Then Israel shall take possession of his inheritance,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - “Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is plundered!
Cry, you daughters of Rabbah,
Gird yourselves with sackcloth!
Lament and run to and fro by the walls;
For Milcom shall go into captivity
With his priests and his princes together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20 - “Appoint a road for the sword to go to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah, into fortified Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:5 - “And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:14 - But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,
And it shall devour its palaces,
Amid shouting in the day of battle,
And a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.
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