רַב
many
also: much, great fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”).
Form
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms 12 distinct
- Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 200 times (43%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 119 times (26%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 36 times (8%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Plural, Absolute 31 times (7%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 31 times (7%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Construct 24 times (5%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Singular, Construct 13 times (3%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular 2 times (0%)
+4 more forms (5 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 461 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Psalms 57 verses
- Psalms 22:25 רָ֑ב adj Adjective ms Of you comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.
- Psalms 25:11 רַב adj Adjective ms For your name's sake, Yahweh, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
- Psalms 29:3 רַבִּֽים adj Adjective mp Yahweh's voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters.
- Psalms 31:13 רַבִּים֮ adj Adjective mp For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, While they conspire together against me, They plot to take away my life.
- Psalms 31:19 רַֽב adj Adjective ms Oh how great is your goodness, Which you have laid up for those who fear you, Which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, Before the sons of men!
- Psalms 32:6 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
- Psalms 32:10 רַבִּ֥ים adj Adjective mp Many sorrows shall be to the wicked, But he who trusts in Yahweh, loving kindness shall surround him.
- Psalms 34:19 רַ֭בּוֹת adj Adjective fp Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
- Psalms 35:18 רָ֑ב adj Adjective ms I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
- Psalms 36:6 רַבָּ֑ה adj Adjective fs Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
- Psalms 37:16 רַבִּֽים adj Adjective mp Better is a little that the righteous has, Than the abundance of many wicked.
- Psalms 40:3 רַבִּ֣ים adj Adjective mp He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
- Psalms 40:5 רַבּ֤וֹת adj Adjective fp Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, And your thoughts which are toward us. They can't be set in order to you; If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
- Psalms 40:9 רָ֗ב adj Adjective ms I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
- Psalms 40:10 רָֽב adj Adjective ms I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
- Psalms 48:2 רָֽב adj Adjective ms Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion, on the north sides, The city of the great King.
- Psalms 55:18 בְ֝/רַבִּ֗ים prep + Adjective Adjective mp He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, Although there are many who oppose me.
- Psalms 56:2 רַבִּ֨ים adj Adjective mp My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.
- Psalms 62:2 רַבָּֽה adj Adjective fs He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress-- I will never be greatly shaken.
- Psalms 65:9 רַבַּ֬ת adj Adjective fs cs You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.
- Psalms 68:11 רָֽב adj Adjective ms The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.
- Psalms 71:7 לְ/רַבִּ֑ים prep + Adjective Adjective mp I am a marvel to many, But you are my strong refuge.
- Psalms 71:20 רַבּ֗וֹת adj Adjective fp You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, You will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
- Psalms 77:19 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp Your way was through the sea; Your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.
- Psalms 78:15 רַבָּֽה adj Adjective fs He split rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
- Psalms 86:5 וְ/רַב conj + Adjective Adjective ms cs For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; Abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
- Psalms 86:15 וְ/רַב conj + Adjective Adjective ms cs But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, Slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
- Psalms 89:7 רַבָּ֑ה adj Adjective fs A very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, To be feared above all those who are around him?
- Psalms 89:50 רַבִּ֥ים adj Adjective mp Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, How I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
- Psalms 93:4 רַבִּ֗ים adj Adjective mp Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty.
- Psalms 97:1 רַבִּֽים adj Adjective mp Yahweh reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad!
- Psalms 103:8 וְ/רַב conj + Adjective Adjective ms cs Yahweh is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
- Psalms 106:43 רַבּ֗וֹת adj Adjective fp Many times he delivered them, But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.
- Psalms 107:23 רַבִּֽים adj Adjective mp Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business in great waters;
- Psalms 109:30 רַבִּ֣ים adj Adjective mp I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
- Psalms 110:6 רַבָּֽה adj Adjective fs He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.
- Psalms 119:156 רַבִּ֥ים adj Adjective mp Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.
- Psalms 119:157 רַ֭בִּים adj Adjective mp Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies.
- Psalms 119:162 רָֽב adj Adjective ms I rejoice at your word, As one who finds great spoil.
- Psalms 119:165 רָ֭ב adj Adjective ms Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
- Psalms 120:6 רַ֭בַּת adj Adjective fs cs My soul has had her dwelling too long With him who hates peace.
- Psalms 123:3 רַ֝֗ב adj Adjective ms Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, For we have endured much contempt.
- Psalms 123:4 רַבַּת֮ adj Adjective fs cs Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, With the contempt of the proud.
- Psalms 129:1 רַ֭בַּת adj Adjective fs cs Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,
- Psalms 129:2 רַ֭בַּת adj Adjective fs cs Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, Yet they have not prevailed against me.
- Psalms 135:10 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp Who struck many nations, And killed mighty kings,
- Psalms 144:7 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp Stretch out your hand from above, Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hands of foreigners;
- Psalms 145:7 רַב adj Adjective ms cs They will utter the memory of your great goodness, And will sing of your righteousness.
- Psalms 147:5 וְ/רַב conj + Adjective Adjective ms cs Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
Proverbs 20 verses
- Proverbs 7:26 רַבִּ֣ים adj Adjective mp For she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty host.
- Proverbs 10:21 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp The lips of the righteous feed many, But the foolish die for lack of understanding.
- Proverbs 13:7 רָֽב adj Adjective ms There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
- Proverbs 14:20 רַבִּֽים adj Adjective mp The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, But the rich person has many friends.
- Proverbs 14:29 רַב adj Adjective ms cs He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who has a quick temper displays folly.
- Proverbs 15:6 רָ֑ב adj Adjective ms In the house of the righteous is much treasure, But the income of the wicked brings trouble.
- Proverbs 15:16 רָ֝֗ב adj Adjective ms Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, Than great treasure with trouble.
- Proverbs 19:4 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp Wealth adds many friends, But the poor is separated from his friend.
- Proverbs 19:6 רַ֭בִּים adj Adjective mp Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, And everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
- Proverbs 19:21 רַבּ֣וֹת adj Adjective fp There are many plans in a man's heart, But Yahweh's counsel will prevail.
- Proverbs 22:1 רָ֑ב adj Adjective ms A good name is more desirable than great riches, And loving favor is better than silver and gold.
- Proverbs 26:10 רַ֥ב adj Adjective ms As an archer who wounds all, So is he who hires a fool Or he who hires those who pass by.
- Proverbs 28:2 רַבִּ֣ים adj Adjective mp In rebellion, a land has many rulers, But order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.
- Proverbs 28:12 רַבָּ֣ה adj Adjective fs When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
- Proverbs 28:16 וְ/רַ֥ב conj + Adjective Adjective ms cs A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.
- Proverbs 28:20 רַב adj Adjective ms cs A faithful man is rich with blessings; But one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 28:27 רַב adj Adjective ms cs One who gives to the poor has no lack; But one who closes his eyes will have many curses.
- Proverbs 29:22 רַב adj Adjective ms cs An angry man stirs up strife, And a wrathful man abounds in sin.
- Proverbs 29:26 רַ֭בִּים adj Adjective mp Many seek the ruler's favor, But a man's justice comes from Yahweh.
- Proverbs 31:29 רַבּ֣וֹת adj Adjective fp "Many women do noble things, But you excel them all."
Ecclesiastes 8 verses
- Ecclesiastes 1:18 רָב n c ms cs For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
- Ecclesiastes 2:21 רַבָּֽה adj Adjective fs For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
- Ecclesiastes 6:1 וְ/רַבָּ֥ה conj + Adjective Adjective fs There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
- Ecclesiastes 6:3 רַבּ֨וֹת וְ/רַ֣ב adj Adjective fp conj + Adjective Adjective ms If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:
- Ecclesiastes 7:22 רַבּ֖וֹת adj Adjective fp for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29 רַבִּֽים adj Adjective mp Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.
- Ecclesiastes 8:6 רַבָּ֥ה adj Adjective fs For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
- Ecclesiastes 10:6 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 25 verses
- Isaiah 2:3 רַבִּ֗ים adj Adjective mp Many peoples shall go and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of Yahweh, To the house of the God of Jacob; And he will teach us of his ways, And we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion the law shall go forth, And the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 2:4 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp He will judge between the nations, And will decide concerning many peoples; And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning-hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war any more.
- Isaiah 5:9 רַבִּים֙ adj Adjective mp In my ears, Yahweh of Hosts says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, Even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
- Isaiah 6:12 וְ/רַבָּ֥ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs And Yahweh has removed men far away, And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
- Isaiah 8:7 וְ/הָ֣/רַבִּ֔ים conj + ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up on them the waters of the River, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks;
- Isaiah 8:15 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp Many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
- Isaiah 13:4 רָ֑ב adj Adjective ms The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of Hosts is mustering the host for the battle.
- Isaiah 16:14 הָ/רָ֑ב ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms But now Yahweh has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.
- Isaiah 17:12 רַבִּ֔ים adj Adjective mp Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
- Isaiah 17:13 רַבִּים֙ adj Adjective mp The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
- Isaiah 19:20 וָ/רָ֖ב conj + Qal ptcp.act ms It shall be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior, and a defender, and he will deliver them.
- Isaiah 21:7 רַב adj Adjective ms cs and when he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with much heed.
- Isaiah 23:3 רַבִּים֙ adj Adjective mp On great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of nations.
- Isaiah 30:25 רָ֔ב adj Adjective ms There shall be on every lofty mountain, and on every high hill, brooks [and] streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
- Isaiah 31:1 רָ֗ב adj Adjective ms Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don't look to the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Yahweh!
- Isaiah 42:20 רַבּ֖וֹת adj Adjective fp You see many things, but don't observe. His ears are open, but he doesn't hear.
- Isaiah 51:10 רַבָּ֑ה adj Adjective fs Isn't it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
- Isaiah 52:14 רַבִּ֔ים adj Adjective mp Like as many were astonished at you (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),
- Isaiah 52:15 רַבִּ֔ים adj Adjective mp so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they understand.
- Isaiah 53:11 לָֽ/רַבִּ֑ים prep det + Adjective Adjective mp He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.
- Isaiah 53:12 בָ/רַבִּ֗ים רַבִּ֣ים prep det + Adjective Adjective mp adj Adjective mp Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
- Isaiah 54:1 רַבִּ֧ים adj Adjective mp Sing, barren, you who didn't bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says Yahweh.
- Isaiah 54:13 וְ/רַ֖ב conj + Adjective Adjective ms All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your children.
- Isaiah 63:1 רַ֥ב adj Adjective ms Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
- Isaiah 63:7 וְ/רַב conj + Adjective Adjective ms cs I will make mention of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh, [and] the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
Jeremiah 38 verses
- Jeremiah 3:1 רַבִּ֔ים adj Adjective mp They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, will he return to her again? Won't that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 11:15 הָֽ/רַבִּ֔ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp What has my beloved to do in my house, seeing she has worked lewdness [with] many, and the holy flesh is passed from you? when you do evil, then you rejoice.
- Jeremiah 12:10 רַבִּים֙ adj Adjective mp Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
- Jeremiah 13:6 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp It happened after many days, that Yahweh said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.
- Jeremiah 13:9 הָ/רָֽב ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Thus says Yahweh, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 16:16 רַבִּ֛ים לְ/רַבִּ֣ים adj Adjective mp prep + Adjective Adjective mp Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Yahweh, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
- Jeremiah 20:10 רַבִּים֮ adj Adjective mp For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
- Jeremiah 22:8 רַבִּ֔ים adj Adjective mp Many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?
- Jeremiah 25:14 רַבִּ֔ים adj Adjective mp For many nations and great kings shall make bondservants of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.
- Jeremiah 27:7 רַבִּ֔ים adj Adjective mp All the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondservant.
- Jeremiah 28:8 רַבּוֹת֙ adj Adjective fp The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
- Jeremiah 32:14 רַבִּֽים adj Adjective mp Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue many days.
- Jeremiah 32:19 וְ/רַ֖ב conj + Adjective Adjective ms cs great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
- Jeremiah 35:7 רַבִּים֙ adj Adjective mp neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you sojourn.
- Jeremiah 36:32 רַבִּ֖ים adj Adjective mp Then took Jeremiah another scroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides to them many like words.
- Jeremiah 37:16 רַבִּֽים adj Adjective mp When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
- Jeremiah 39:9 רַב n c ms cs Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the residue of the people who remained in the city, the deserters also who fell away to him, and the residue of the people who remained.
- Jeremiah 39:10 רַב n c ms cs But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
- Jeremiah 39:11 רַב n c ms cs Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
- Jeremiah 39:13 רַב רַבֵּ֥י n c ms cs n c mp cs So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushazban, Rabsaris, and Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon;
- Jeremiah 40:1 רַב n c ms cs The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away captive to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 40:2 רַב n c ms cs The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;
- Jeremiah 40:5 רַב n c ms cs Now while he was not yet gone back, Go back then, [said he], to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go.
- Jeremiah 41:1 וְ/רַבֵּ֨י conj + n c mp cs Now it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal and [one of] the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.
- Jeremiah 41:10 רַב n c ms cs Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people who were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.
- Jeremiah 41:12 רַבִּ֖ים adj Adjective mp then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
- Jeremiah 43:6 רַב n c ms cs the men, and the women, and the children, and the king's daughters, and every person who Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah;
- Jeremiah 50:41 רַבִּ֔ים adj Adjective mp Behold, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 51:13 רַבִּ֔ים רַבַּ֖ת adj Adjective mp adj Adjective fs cs You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end is come, the measure of your covetousness.
- Jeremiah 51:55 רַבִּ֔ים adj Adjective mp For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:
- Jeremiah 52:12 רַב n c ms cs Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem:
- Jeremiah 52:14 רַב n c ms cs All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
- Jeremiah 52:15 רַב n c ms cs Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest of the people, and the residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.
- Jeremiah 52:16 רַב n c ms cs But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers.
- Jeremiah 52:19 רַב n c ms cs The cups, and the fire pans, and the basins, and the pots, and the lampstands, and the spoons, and the bowls-that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver,-the captain of the guard took away.
- Jeremiah 52:24 רַב n c ms cs The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:
- Jeremiah 52:26 רַב n c ms cs Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
- Jeremiah 52:30 רַב n c ms cs in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty-five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
Lamentations 3 verses
- Lamentations 1:1 רַבָּ֣תִי רַּבָּ֣תִי adj Adjective fs cs adj Adjective fs cs How does the city sit solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!
- Lamentations 1:22 רַבּ֥וֹת adj Adjective fp Let all their wickedness come before you; Do to them, as you have done to me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
- Lamentations 3:23 רַבָּ֖ה adj Adjective fs They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Ezekiel 44 verses
- Ezekiel 1:24 רַבִּ֤ים adj Adjective mp When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
- Ezekiel 3:6 רַבִּ֗ים adj Adjective mp not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.
- Ezekiel 12:27 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he sees is for many day to come, and he prophesies of times that are far off.
- Ezekiel 16:41 רַבּ֑וֹת adj Adjective fp They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will cause you to cease from playing the prostitute, and you shall also give no hire any more.
- Ezekiel 17:5 רַבִּ֔ים adj Adjective mp He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow tree.
- Ezekiel 17:7 וְ/רַב conj + Adjective Adjective ms cs There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.
- Ezekiel 17:8 רַבִּ֖ים adj Adjective mp It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
- Ezekiel 17:9 רָ֔ב adj Adjective ms Say you, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots of it, and cut off the fruit of it, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from the roots of it.
- Ezekiel 17:15 רָ֑ב adj Adjective ms But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape who does such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?
- Ezekiel 17:17 רָ֗ב רַבּֽוֹת adj Adjective ms adj Adjective fp Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.
- Ezekiel 19:10 רַבִּֽים adj Adjective mp Your mother was like a vine, in your blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
- Ezekiel 22:5 רַבַּ֖ת adj Adjective fs cs Those who are near, and those who are far from you, shall mock you, you infamous one [and] full of tumult.
- Ezekiel 24:12 רַבַּ֣ת adj Adjective fs cs She has wearied [herself] with toil; yet her great rust doesn't go forth out of her; her rust doesn't [go forth] by fire.
- Ezekiel 26:3 רַבִּ֔ים adj Adjective mp therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.
- Ezekiel 26:7 רָֽב adj Adjective ms For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will bring on Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a company, and much people.
- Ezekiel 26:19 הָ/רַבִּֽים ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp For thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep on you, and the great waters shall cover you;
- Ezekiel 27:3 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp and tell Tyre, you who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many isles, thus says the Lord Yahweh: You, Tyre, have said, I am perfect in beauty.
- Ezekiel 27:15 רַבִּ֖ים adj Adjective mp The men of Dedan were your traffickers; many isles were the market of your hand: they brought you in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.
- Ezekiel 27:26 רַבִּים֙ adj Adjective mp Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.
- Ezekiel 27:33 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many peoples; you did enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.
- Ezekiel 31:5 רַבִּ֖ים adj Adjective mp Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it shot [them] forth.
- Ezekiel 31:6 רַבִּֽים adj Adjective mp All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the animals of the field bring forth their young; and under its shadow lived all great nations.
- Ezekiel 31:7 רַבִּֽים adj Adjective mp Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.
- Ezekiel 31:15 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the rivers of it; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
- Ezekiel 32:3 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring you up in my net.
- Ezekiel 32:9 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
- Ezekiel 32:10 רַבִּ֗ים adj Adjective mp Yes, I will make many peoples amazed at you, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for you, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.
- Ezekiel 32:13 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp I will destroy also all the animals of it from beside many waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of animals trouble them.
- Ezekiel 33:24 רַבִּ֔ים adj Adjective mp Son of man, they who inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
- Ezekiel 37:2 רַבּ֤וֹת adj Adjective fp He caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, behold, they were very dry.
- Ezekiel 38:4 רָב֙ adj Adjective ms and I will turn you about, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords;
- Ezekiel 38:6 רַבִּ֖ים adj Adjective mp Gomer, and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north, and all his hordes; even many peoples with you.
- Ezekiel 38:8 רַבִּים֮ רַבִּ֔ים adj Adjective mp adj Adjective mp After many days you shall be visited: in the latter years you shall come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they shall dwell securely, all of them.
- Ezekiel 38:9 רַבִּ֖ים adj Adjective mp You shall ascend, you shall come like a storm, you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you, and all your hordes, and many peoples with you.
- Ezekiel 38:15 רַבִּ֖ים רָֽב adj Adjective mp adj Adjective ms You shall come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you, and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army;
- Ezekiel 38:22 רַבִּ֖ים adj Adjective mp With pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him, and on his hordes, and on the many peoples who are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and sulfur.
- Ezekiel 38:23 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 39:27 רַבִּֽים adj Adjective mp when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.
- Ezekiel 43:2 רַבִּ֔ים adj Adjective mp Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.
- Ezekiel 44:6 רַב adj Adjective ms You shall tell the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: you house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,
- Ezekiel 45:9 רַב adj Adjective ms Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my people, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 47:7 רַ֣ב adj Adjective ms Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
- Ezekiel 47:9 רַבָּ֣ה adj Adjective fs It shall happen, that every living creature which swarms, in every place where the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come there, and [the waters of the sea] shall be healed, and everything shall live wherever the river comes.
- Ezekiel 47:10 רַבָּ֥ה adj Adjective fs It shall happen, that fishermen shall stand by it: from En Gedi even to En Eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
Daniel 23 verses
- Daniel 1:3 רַ֣ב n c ms cs The king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in [certain] of the children of Israel, even of the seed royal and of the nobles;
- Daniel 8:25 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp Through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in [their] security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
- Daniel 8:26 רַבִּֽים adj Adjective mp The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true: but seal up the vision; for it belongs to many days [to come].
- Daniel 9:18 הָ/רַבִּֽים ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp My God, turn your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies' sake.
- Daniel 9:27 לָ/רַבִּ֖ים prep det + Adjective Adjective mp He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolate.
- Daniel 11:3 רַ֔ב adj Adjective ms A mighty king shall stand up, who shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
- Daniel 11:5 רַ֖ב adj Adjective ms The king of the south shall be strong, and [one] of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
- Daniel 11:10 רַבִּ֔ים adj Adjective mp His sons shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they shall return and war, even to his fortress.
- Daniel 11:11 רָ֔ב adj Adjective ms The king of the south shall be moved with anger, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north; and he shall set forth a great multitude, and the multitude shall be given into his hand.
- Daniel 11:13 רַ֖ב רָֽב adj Adjective ms adj Adjective ms The king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former; and he shall come on at the end of the times, [even of] years, with a great army and with much substance.
- Daniel 11:14 רַבִּ֥ים adj Adjective mp In those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
- Daniel 11:18 רַבִּ֑ים adj Adjective mp After this shall he turn his face to the isles, and shall take many: but a prince shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; yes, moreover, he shall cause his reproach to turn on him.
About this entry
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At its core, רב (rab) means “many.” Scripture first uses it in Genesis 6:5. Spanning 443 verses in 35 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “much” and “great”. From the same root come רבב, רב and רבב. Dig into 443-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H7227 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 443
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 443 distinct verses.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #108
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 108 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 443 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 443 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 192 verses · 43%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 188 verses · 42%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 63 verses · 14%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 4 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Many 130×, Great 73×, Captain 22×
- American Standard Version†: Many 118×, Great 57×, Captain 22×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Many 146×, Great 53×, Captain 24×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Many 193×, Great 62×, Much 21×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7227 across 456† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 114 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7227 across 457† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 136 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7227 across 444† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 94 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 10 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7227 across 452† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 67 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
12 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 12 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
רב I much, many, great
- a. (1) much: of substances, gold 1 K 10:2 ψ 19:11, silver (money) 2 K 12:11 = 2 Ch 24:11, bronze 1 Ch 18:8, wine Est 1:7; of other quantities, e.g. spoil 2 S 3:22, property 2 Ch 32:29, seed Dt 28:38, etc.; רַב שֶׁיִּהְיוּ Ec 6:3b be it much that his days amount to; (2) especially of collectives, numerous, עַם־רַב Jos 11:4 2 S 13:34, עֲבֻדָּה רַבָּה Gn 26:14 Jb 1:3, מִקְנֶה רַב Dt 3:19 +, etc. e.g. 1 Kings 10:2
- b. pl. many: pers. Ex 5:5; Ju 8:30; 9:40; 1 K 4:20; 11:1 +, things Gn 30:43 Am 5:12 Dt 31:17 +; n. om. רַבּוֹת Dn 11:41 (sc. lands; read רִבּוֹת myriads Kmp Bev Behrm Marti Prince); יָמִים רַבִּים many days (a long time) Gn 21:34; 37:24 + 28 times, שָׁנִים רַבּוֹת Ne 9:30; Ec 6:3a, אִם עוֹד רַבּוֹת בַּשָּׁנִים Lv 25:51; רַבּוֹת עִתִּים Ne 9:28 many times (v. supr.) = פְּעָמִים רַבּוֹת ψ 106:43 Ec 7:22; מַכָּה רַבָּה Dt 25:3 many blows; מַיִם רַבִּים many waters Nu 20:11; 24:7 + 27 times, cf. Is 8:7; etc. e.g. Exodus 5:5
- c. רַב as subst. coll. pers. Ex 19:21, also (opp. מְעַט) 1 S 14:6; Nu 13:18; 26:54, 56; 33:54; 35:8; so רַבַּת (Ges§ 130a) 2 Ch 30:17, 18, and (rei; = much) Ez 24:12; רַב cstr. before abstr. (= רֹב) Is 21:7; 63:7 ψ 145:7; especially pl. רֵבִּים of pers. Ex 23:2(×2) + 37 times + בַּת־רַבִּים Ct 7:5 (v. p. 123). e.g. Exodus 19:21
- d. cstr. = abounding in, רַב־בְּרָכוֹת Pr 28:20, רַב־חֶסֶד (v. 1. חֶסֶד 3), רַב־כֹּחַ ψ 147:5, רַב־מְאֵרוֹת Pr 28:27, רַב הַמְּהוּמָה Ez 22:5, רַב־נוֹצָה 17:7, רַב־הָעֲלִילִיָּה Je 32:19, רַב־פְּעָלִים 2 S 23:20 = 1 Ch 11:22, רַב־פָּ֑שַׁע Pr 29:22, רַב־תְּבוּנָה 14:29; רַבַּת אוֹצָרֹת Je 51:13, רַבַּת בָּנִים 1 S 2:5, רַבָּ֫תִי עָם La 1:1 (Ges§ 90 1). e.g. Proverbs 28:20
- e. + מִן comp. = more numerous than Ex 1:9; Nu 22:15; Jos 10:11; Ju 16:30; 2 K 6:16; Is 54:1; 1 Ch 24:4; 2 Ch 32:7; Dn 11:13; sq. inf., too many to Gn 36:7; Ju 7:2 (cf. v 4); vid. also foll. e.g. Exodus 1:9
- f. רַב = abundant, enough Gn 24:25; 33:9; as exclam. enough! Gn 45:28; 2 S 24:16 = 1 Ch 21:15; 1 K 19:4, so (+ מִן inf.) Ex 9:28 (מִן 6 d); רַב־לָךְ (with implication of excess) Dt 3:26 (let it) suffice thee! so רַב־לָכֶם Ez 45:9, also Nu 16:3, 7 = ye assume too much! + inf. it is enough for you to Dt 1:6; 2:3 (i.e. you have done it enough), so + מִן inf. 1 K 12:28, מִן subst. Ez 44:6. e.g. Genesis 24:25
- g. as adv. much, exceedingly (only ψψ), רַב ψ 123:3, רָ֜ב ψ 18:15 (Hup De Che al.; HPS 2 S 22:15 conj. רָמָה; om. ‖ 2 S 22:15); רַבָּה ψ 62:3; 78:15; 89:8 (𝔊 Bae רַב הוּא); רַבַּת (Aramaism, cf. Syriac ܪܶܒܰܬ, ܪܰܒܰܬ, Nö§ 155 A WSG 135) ψ 65:10; 120:6 (= long enough), 123:4; 129:1, 2. e.g. Psalms 123:3
- 2. great:
- a. of person ψ 48:3, space 1 S 26:13, the deep Am 7:4 Gn 7:11 Is 51:10 ψ 36:7 (fig.), city La 1:1 (רַבָּ֫תִי בַגּוֹיִם Ges§ 90 1),—v. also צִידוֹן, חֲמָת;—plague Nu 11:33, empire Est 1:20, goodness ψ 31:20, wickedness Gn 6:5, etc. e.g. Psalms 48:3
- b. specif. strong (opp. אֵין כֹּחַ) 2 Ch 14:10; רַב לְהוֹשִׁיעַ Is 63:1; so רַבִּים as subst. Is 53:12 (‖ עֲצוּמִים). e.g. 2 Chronicles 14:10
- c. major natu Gn 25:23 (opp. צָעִיר); רַבִּים as subst. grandævi, Jb 32:9. e.g. Genesis 25:23
- d. + מִן comp. greater than Dt 7:1, 17; 9:14; 20:1; too great for Jos 19:9; 1 K 19:7.—Pr 26:10 is hopelessly corrupt, v. Toy. e.g. Deuteronomy 7:1
רב II chief (Assyrian-Bab. influence, cf. rab DlHWB 609b
רב III archer
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
III. adj. much, many, great;—ms. abs. ר׳ Gn 24:25 +, רָ֑ב Gn 33:9 +, also רָב֥ 2 Ch 20:2, רָב֖ 28:8, רָב֨ Ezr 10:13, etc.; cstr. רַב Ex 34:6 +; fs. רַבָּה Nu 11:33 +; cstr. רַבַּת Ez 22:5 +, רַבָּ֫תִי (Ges§ 90 k l) La 1:1(×2); mpl. abs. רַבִּים Ex 23:2(×2) +, cstr. v. ii. רב; fpl. abs. רַבּוֹת Gn 30:43 +;—[often both as pred. and as attrib.; as attrib. preceding n. (infl. of usage for numerals? KöSynt. § 334 k Ges§ 132b): רַב Is 63:7 ψ 145:7 (but read prob. רֹב, רָב־; in Is 21:7 ר׳ is pred.), רַבִּים Je 16:16 ψ 32:10; 89:51 (on context BöNÄ Bae, also Hup), Pr 7:26 1 Ch 28:5, רַבּוֹת Ne 9:28 Pr 31:29];—
IV. n.m. chief (Assyrian-Bab. influence, cf. rab DlHWB 609b; Biblical Aramaic רַב);—cstr. ר׳ Je 39:9 +; pl. cstr. רַבֵּי 39:13; 41:1 (but v. infr.);—especially רַב־ טַבָּחִים chief of guardsmen (v. טַבָּח), only as title of Bab. officer Je 39:9, 10 + 15 times Je, 7 times ‖ 2 K 25 (cf. שַׂר הַטּ׳ in Gn [JE]); also †רַב הַחֹבֵל Jon 1:6 chief of the sailors, i.e. captain; †in gen. כָּל־רַב בֵּיתוֹ Est 1:8, †רַב־סָרִיסָיו Dn 1:3 (v. סָרִיס), and so רַבֵּי מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל Je 39:13, רַבֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ 41:1 (late gloss; om. 𝔊 and ‖ 2 K 25:25, so Hi Gf Gie). †The foll. titles of Assyrian-Bab. officers are prob. loan-words in Heb.: רַב־מָ֑ג Je 39:3, 13 usually chief soothsayer (v. מָ֑ג), but = rab-mugi [? chief of princes] Pinches Hast. DB. Rab-mag; רַב־סָרִיס (cf. Old Aramaic [Nineveh] רב סרס Lzb366), 2 K 18:17 (Assyrian; not in ‖ Is 36:2), Je 39:3, 13 (Bab.), usually chief eunuch, but = rabû-ša-rêši, chief of the heads (the principal men) Wkl Unters. z. altor. Gesch., 1889, Excurs. v, p. 138 (actually found as rubû-ša-ri-ešu PinchesAcad. June 25, 1892, 618), PinchesHast. DB. Rab-saris; רַב־שָׁקֵה (van d. H. רַבְשָׁקֵה) chief of the officers (?) (so prob. Assyrian rab- ŠAḲ; šaḳû = high one; COT 2 K 18:17 KBii. 23 DlHWB 685a TieleBab.-Assyrian Gesch. 497. 513 PinchesHast. DB. iv. 191), 2 K 18:17, 19, 26, 27, 28, 37; 19:4, 8 = Is 36:2, 4, 11, 12, 13, 22; 37:4, 8.
V. n.m. archer;—s. רַב Pr 26:10, pl. רַבִּים Je 50:29 (‖ דֹּרְכֵי קֶשֶׁת), sf. רַבָּיו Jb 16:13 (in fig.; Bö al. רֹבָיו; Vrss. Ew al. his missiles).
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Derived from רבב (râbab) (H7231) — to become many.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
רַב I
- large, great; much. Y. Yeb. XII, 12ᶜ bot. (in Chald. dict.) לא הוה לבן רב וכ׳ they would not have dared to do so. Ber. 62ᵇ (ref. to II Sam. XXIV, 16) the Lord said to the angel, טול לי רב שבהם וכ׳ take me the greatest of them in whom there is (merit enough) with which to pay their debts (sins); a. e.—Pl. רַבִּים, רַבִּין. Keth. 8ᵇ ר׳ שתו ר׳ ישתו many have drunk (the cup of mourning), many shall drink. Yeb. 63ᵇ (from Ben Sira) מנע ר׳ מתיך וכ׳ keep the many off thy house, nor bring every body to thy house. Ib. ר׳ יהיו דורשי וכ׳ let thy well-wishers be many, but reveal a secret to one out of a thousand. Ab. Zar. 43ᵇ (in Chald. dict.) ר׳ שאני where several people meet to pray, it is different. Ib. שכיחי ר׳ גביה many people are usually with him. Ber. 9ᵃ, a. fr. יחיד ור׳, v. יָחִיד; a. fr.—Esp. רַבִּים community, public. Y. Meg. III, 73ᵈ בה"כ של ר׳ a synagogue belonging to a community, opp. של יחיד. Bab. Meg. 28ᵇ הספד של ר׳ funeral ceremonies in a case of public mourning (for a public man), opp. של יחיד. Sabb. 67ᵃ צריך … לר׳ ור׳ וכ׳ should make his trouble known to the people, and the people will pray for him. Ab. V, 18. Ber. 8ᵃ תפלתן של ר׳ congregational prayer; a. v. fr.—בָּרַ׳ in public. Ib. 61ᵇ, a. e., v. קָהַל. B. Mets. 58ᵇ, v. לָבָן II; a. fr.—Fem. רַבָּה. Gen. R. s. 33 (ref. to Ps. XXXVI, 7) את מדקדק … עד תהום ר׳ thou dealest strictly with them (the wicked) (searching their doings) ‘to the great deep’; a. fr.—[Ib. s. 27, v. רָבַב.]—Pl. רַבּוֹת. Ḥag. 5ᵃ (ref. to Deut. XXXI, 21) צרות ר׳ ורעות Ms. M. many troubles and evils, v. מָצָא; a. e.—[מדרש רַבּיֹת, v. מִדְרָשׁ.] e.g. 2 Samuel 24:16
רַב II
- (preced.)
- 1. superior, master. Gitt. 23ᵇ העבד … רַבּוֹ של חבירו אבל לא מיד רַבּוֹ שלו a slave may receive a deed of manumission in behalf of a fellow slave at the hand of his fellow’s master, but not at the hands of his own master (if both slaves belong to the same master). Ab. I, 3, v. עֶבֶד. Ḥag. 5ᵃ, v. מָצָא; a. fr.
- 2. teacher. Ber. 63ᵇ יאמרו הרב בכעס וכ׳ they will say, the teacher (the Lord) is angry, and the disciple (Moses) is angry, what is to become of Israel? Ib. כל תלמיד … רבו וכ׳ a student with whom his teacher is angry for the first time, and who keeps silence. Eduy. I, 3, v. לָשׁוֹן. Ab. I, 16 עשה לך רב וכ׳ get thyself a teacher, and be relieved of doubt. R. Hash. II, 9 רַבִּי ותלמידי רבי וכ׳ my teacher and my pupil; my teacher in wisdom &c.; v. רַבִּי.—M. Kat. 9ᵃ, a. fr. למדתנו רַבֵּינוּ thou, our teacher, hast taught us; v. רַבֵּנוּ; a. v. fr.—Esp. רַב Rab, a) title of the Babylonian Amoraim. Pes. 52ᵇ; a. v. fr.—בי רב the school of, v. בֵּי.—b) surname of Abba Arekha, the founder of the academy of Sura in Babylonia (v. Graetz, Gesch. d. Jud.1 IV, p. 312, sq.; Fr. M’bo, p. 122ᵇ). Ḥull. 95ᵇ כולהו שני דרב וכ׳ as long as Rab lived, R. Joḥ. addressed his letters to Babylonia, ‘to our teacher in Babylonia.’ Ab. Zar. 10ᵇ אדרכן שמשיה לרב A. (a Parthian ruler) attended (associated with) Rab. Y. Peah VI, 19ᶜ רב כד נחת לתמן when Rab came down to Babylonia. Erub. 50ᵇ, a. fr. רב תנא הוא ופליג Rab is a Tannai and has a right to differ (with other Tannaim). Nidd. 24ᵇ, a. fr. הלכתא כרב וכ׳, v. אִיסּוּרָא; a. v. fr.—ספרא דבי רב, ספרי דבי רב, v. סִפְרָא.—Pl. רַבּוֹת (only with suffix). Taan. 7ᵃ, a. e. מרַבּוֹתַי, v. לָמַד. Shebu. 47ᵃ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ שבבבל וכ׳ ‘our teachers in Babylonia’ means Rab and Samuel. Y. Gitt. VII, 48ᵈ top ורבותינו אמרו and our teachers said; מנו רבותינו וכ׳ who are meant by ‘our teachers’? Ib., a. e. בשלשה … רבותיני on three occasions R. Judah (with his court) is quoted as ‘our teachers.’ Y. Sabb. V, end, 7ᶜ רבותינו שבגולה our teachers in the diaspora (Babylonia, v. supra); Y. Bets. II, 61ᶜ bot. Y. Meg. I, 70ᵈ כתבו אגרת ושלחו לרבותינו שהן וכ׳ they (Mordecai and Esther) wrote a letter addressed ‘to our teachers (in Palestine) that be’, saying to them &c.; a. fr.—Fem. רַבָּה mistress. Ruth R. to II, 5 רַבָּתָהּ וכ׳ her mistress (Naomi) &c., v. רָפָה.
רַב
- 1. large, great, numerous; senior. Targ. Josh. XXII, 10. Targ. Y. Deut. I, 28. Targ. Gen. I, 16. Ib. X, 21 (Y. ed. Vien. רַבָּה); a. fr.—[In Talmudic literature mostly רַבָּה, q. v.]
- 2. chief, master, teacher. Targ. I Sam. XXII, 14 (h. text סָר). Targ. Gen. XXXVII, 36 (Y. II שליטא; h. text סריס). Ib. (h. text שַׂר). Ib. IV, 20, sq. Targ. Job III, 18 ינקי בית ר׳ school children; a. fr.—Targ. I Chr. XI, 22, v. סִפְרָא.—R. Hash. 31ᵇ לאו אירח … לרַבֵּיה רַבָּךְ it is not customary to say to one’s own teacher, ‘thy teacher’ (has said &c.). Ab. Zar. 17ᵇ רַבָּן של וכ׳, v. רַבִּי; a. fr.—בֵּי רַב school, academy. Snh. 33ᵇ, a. e. זיל קרי בי רב הוא this is a case when you may say, ‘go and learn it (in the Bible) at school’, i.e. an erroneous judgment of such a nature must be reversed. Erub. 22ᵃ הוה קאזיל לבי רב left home in order to study; a. fr.—V. בֵּי.—Fem. רַבָּא, רַבְּתָא, רַבְּתָה. Targ. Jer. XLVIII, 34. Targ. Gen. XXVII, 34. Ib. XIX, 31; a. fr.—Pl. רַבָּתָא, רַבָּתָה. Y. Snh. X, 29ᵃ top אתה עבדת ר׳ וכ׳ (not עברת) thou (Doeg) hast done great things, turn thou around &c.—V. רַבְּתָא.
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Forms in the corpus
The 130 distinct written forms H7227 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 70 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7227, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- רב rôb H7230 multitude
- רבב râbab H7232 to shoot
- רבבה rᵉbâbâh H7233 myriad
- רבו ribbôw H7239 ten thousand
- רביב râbîyb H7241 heavy showers
Derived from this word
- ραββι rhabbí G4461 rabbi
- רב rab H7229 great
- רבמג Rab-Mâg H7248 chief magician
- רבשקה Rabshâqêh H7262 chief cupbearer
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- מרב Mêrâb H4764 Merab
- רבית Rabbîyth H7245 Rabbith
- רבה Rabbâh H7237 Rabbath
- רבסריס Rab-Çârîyç H7249 chief eunuch
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 15 — not the complete family. 4 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 403 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 443 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 6:5
- Exodus 1:9
- Leviticus 15:25
- Numbers 9:19
- Deuteronomy 1:6
- Joshua 10:11
- Judges 7:2
- 1 Samuel 2:5
- 2 Samuel 3:22
- 1 Kings 2:38
- 2 Kings 6:16
- 1 Chronicles 4:27
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
