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רַב

ravmanyHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun455 occurrences35 books437 verses

Definition

by contracted from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
Traditional renderings: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders רַב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

455 total
  1. Genesis 6:5רַבָּ֛ה · [was] great
    Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
  2. Genesis 7:11רַבָּ֔ה · of the great
    In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
  3. Genesis 13:6רָ֔ב · so many
    But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.
  4. Genesis 21:34רַבִּֽים׃פ · for a long
    And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
  5. Genesis 24:25רַ֣ב · plenty
    Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”
  6. Genesis 25:23וְרַ֖ב · and the older
    …and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
  7. Genesis 26:14רַבָּ֑ה · and
    He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
  8. Genesis 30:43רַבּ֔וֹת · large
    Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.
  9. Genesis 33:9רָ֑ב · plenty
    “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
  10. Genesis 36:7רָ֖ב · too great
    For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.
  11. Genesis 37:34רַבִּֽים׃ · many
    Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
  12. Genesis 45:28רַ֛ב · Enough
    “Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
  13. Genesis 50:20רָֽב׃ · of many
    As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
  14. Exodus 1:9רַ֥ב · [have become] too numerous
    “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
  15. Exodus 2:23הָֽרַבִּ֜ים · After a long
    After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
  16. Exodus 5:5רַבִּ֥ים · are now numerous
    Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”
  17. Exodus 9:28וְרַ֕ב · enough
    Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
  18. Exodus 12:38רַ֖ב · multitude
    And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
  19. Exodus 19:21רָֽב׃ · [lest] many
    …and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.
  20. Exodus 23:2רַבִּ֖ים · the crowd; רַבִּ֖ים · the crowd
    You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
  21. Exodus 34:6וְרַב־ · abounding
    Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
  22. Leviticus 15:25רַבִּ֗ים · for many
    When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation.
  23. Leviticus 25:51רַבּ֖וֹת · many
    If many years remain, he must pay for his redemption in proportion to his purchase price.
  24. Numbers 9:19רַבִּ֑ים · for many
    Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.
  25. Numbers 11:33רַבָּ֥ה · with a severe
    But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.
  26. Numbers 13:18רָֽב׃ · many
    See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.
  27. Numbers 14:18וְרַב־ · and abounding
    ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’
  28. Numbers 16:3רַב־ · [You have taken] too much
    They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
  29. Numbers 16:7רַב־ · who have taken too much
    …and tomorrow you are to place fire and incense in them in the presence of the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon yourselves!”
  30. Numbers 20:11רַבִּ֔ים · so that a great amount of
    Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
  31. Numbers 20:15רַבִּ֑ים · many
    …how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
  32. Numbers 21:6רָ֖ב · and many
    So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
  33. Numbers 22:3רַב־ · were numerous
    …and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.
  34. Numbers 22:15רַבִּ֥ים · more numerous
    Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers.
  35. Numbers 24:7רַבִּ֑ים · will have abundant
    Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.
  36. Numbers 26:54לָרַ֗ב · for a large [tribe]
    Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one; each tribe is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those registered.
  37. Numbers 26:56רַ֖ב · the larger
    Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”
  38. Numbers 32:1רַ֗ב
    Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
  39. Numbers 33:54לָרַ֞ב · to a larger clan
    And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.
  40. Numbers 35:8הָרַב֙ · a larger [tribe]
    The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”
  41. Deuteronomy 1:6רַב־ · long enough
    The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
  42. Deuteronomy 1:46רַבִּ֑ים · for a long time
    For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.
  43. Deuteronomy 2:1רַבִּֽים׃ס · and for many
    Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.
  44. Deuteronomy 2:3רַב־ · long enough
    “You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north
  45. Deuteronomy 2:10וְרַ֛ב · and many
    (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
  46. Deuteronomy 2:21וְרַ֛ב · and many
    They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,
  47. Deuteronomy 3:19רַ֖ב · much
    But your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you,
  48. Deuteronomy 3:26רַב־ · That is enough
    But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.
  49. Deuteronomy 7:1רַבִּ֣ים׀ · many
    When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—