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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. Lamentations 1:22רַבּ֥וֹת · are many
    Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.
  2. Lamentations 3:23רַבָּ֖ה · great
    They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
  3. Ezekiel 1:24רַבִּ֤ים · of many
    When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.
  4. Ezekiel 3:6רַבִּ֗ים · the many
    …not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
  5. Ezekiel 12:27רַבִּ֑ים · is for many
    “Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’
  6. Ezekiel 16:41רַבּ֑וֹת · of many
    Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.
  7. Ezekiel 17:5רַבִּ֔ים · abundant
    He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.
  8. Ezekiel 17:7וְרַב־ · and many
    But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.
  9. Ezekiel 17:8רַבִּ֖ים · abundant
    It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’
  10. Ezekiel 17:9רָ֔ב · or many
    So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.
  11. Ezekiel 17:15רָ֑ב · and a large
    But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
  12. Ezekiel 17:17רָ֗ב · and vast; רַבּֽוֹת׃ · many
    Pharaoh with his mighty army and vast horde will not help him in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives.
  13. Ezekiel 19:10רַבִּֽים׃ · because of the abundant
    Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.
  14. Ezekiel 22:5רַבַּ֖ת · full
    Those near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.
  15. Ezekiel 24:12רַבַּ֣ת · its thick
    It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
  16. Ezekiel 26:3רַבִּ֔ים · many
    …therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
  17. Ezekiel 26:7רָֽב׃ · and a great
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.
  18. Ezekiel 26:19הָרַבִּֽים׃ · so that the mighty
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,
  19. Ezekiel 27:3רַבִּ֑ים · many
    Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
  20. Ezekiel 27:15רַבִּ֖ים · many
    The men of Dedan were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.
  21. Ezekiel 27:26רַבִּים֙ · onto the high
    Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
  22. Ezekiel 27:33רַבִּ֑ים · many
    When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.
  23. Ezekiel 31:5רַבִּ֖ים · because of the abundant
    Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.
  24. Ezekiel 31:6רַבִּֽים׃ · the great
    All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.
  25. Ezekiel 31:7רַבִּֽים׃ · abundant
    It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.
  26. Ezekiel 31:15רַבִּ֑ים · its abundant
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.
  27. Ezekiel 32:3רַבִּ֑ים · of many
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.
  28. Ezekiel 32:9רַבִּ֑ים · of many
    ‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know.
  29. Ezekiel 32:10רַבִּ֗ים · I will cause many
    I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’
  30. Ezekiel 32:13רַבִּ֑ים · the abundant
    I will slaughter all her cattle beside the abundant waters. No human foot will muddy them again, and no cattle hooves will disturb them.
  31. Ezekiel 33:24רַבִּ֔ים · are many
    “Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’
  32. Ezekiel 37:2רַבּ֤וֹת · many [bones]
    He led me all around among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, and indeed, they were very dry.
  33. Ezekiel 38:4רָב֙ · [and] a great
    I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords.
  34. Ezekiel 38:6רַבִּ֖ים · the many
    …as well as Gomer with all its troops, and Beth-togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.
  35. Ezekiel 38:8רַבִּים֮ · After a long; רַבִּ֔ים · from many
    After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.
  36. Ezekiel 38:9רַבִּ֖ים · and many
    You and all your troops, and many peoples with you will go up, advancing like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.
  37. Ezekiel 38:15רַבִּ֖ים · and many; רָֽב׃ · a huge
    And you will come from your place out of the far north—you and many peoples with you, all riding horses—a mighty horde, a huge army.
  38. Ezekiel 38:22רַבִּ֖ים · the many
    I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
  39. Ezekiel 38:23רַבִּ֑ים · of many
    I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
  40. Ezekiel 39:27רַבִּֽים׃ · of many
    When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations.
  41. Ezekiel 43:2רַבִּ֔ים · of many
    …and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.
  42. Ezekiel 44:6רַב־ · I have had enough
    Tell the rebellious house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I have had enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel.
  43. Ezekiel 45:9רַב־ · Enough
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’
  44. Ezekiel 47:7רַ֣ב · number of
    When I arrived, I saw a great number of trees along both banks of the river.
  45. Ezekiel 47:9רַבָּ֣ה · a great number of
    Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish.
  46. Ezekiel 47:10רַבָּ֥ה · of many
    Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
  47. Daniel 1:3רַ֣ב · the chief
    Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—