STRONGS H7235:
Abbreviations
I. [
רָבָה]
225 verb be, or
become, much, many, great (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian
rabû,
be great, grow; Arabic
Aramaic
רְבָא;
,
, all
grow, increase); —
Qal59,
Perfect 3rd person feminine singular רָֽבְתָה 1 Samuel 14:30;
2nd person masculine singular וְרָבִ֫יתָ consecutive
Deuteronomy 30:16;
3rd person plural רָבוּ Ezra 9:6 +, etc.;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְבֶּה Deuteronomy 8:13 +, jussive
יִ֫רֶב Genesis 1:22 2 Chronicles 24:27 Qr (<
ורב Kt, see
רֹב 1),
וַיִּ֫רֶב Exodus 1:20 3rd person feminine singular תִּרְבֶּה Deuteronomy 7:22;
Daniel 12:4,
וַתֵּ֫רֶב Genesis 43:34;
1 Kings 5:10;
3rd person masculine plural יִרְבּוּ Deuteronomy 11:31 +,
יִרְבּוּן Psalm 139:18,
יִרְבְּיֻן Deuteronomy 8:13 etc.;
Imperative masculine singular
וּרְבֵה Genesis 35:11;
Infinitive construct רְבוֺת Exodus 11:9 +; —
Participle רֹבֶה see II.
רבה; —
1. become many, numerous:
a. of people, Exodus 1:10, 12 (J), Exodus 1:20 (E), Deuteronomy 6:3; Deuteronomy 8:1; Deuteronomy 30:16; Zechariah 10:8; 1 Chronicles 5:23 רָבוּ לְמָ֑עְלָה 1 Chronicles 23:17; especially + פרה be fruitful and multiply Jeremiah 3:16; Jeremiah 23:3 (figurative of flock), Genesis 47:27b (P), Exodus 1:7 (P), Psalm 107:38 also (of man and beast) Ezekiel 36:11; of children Job 27:14; צַדִּיקִים Proverbs 28:28, בִּרְבוֺת צ׳ Proverbs 29:2 (Toy רְדוֺת rule, || מְשֹׁל),רְשָׁעִים בר׳ Proverbs 29:16 (Toy id.).
b. of animals Deuteronomy 7:22 (+ עַל person), Deuteronomy 8:13; 1 Chronicles 5:9; + פרה Genesis 1:22; Genesis 8:17 (both P; compare Ezekiel 36:11 above).
c. of things Deuteronomy 8:13 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 31:5; Exodus 11:9 (P), Ecclesiastes 5:10; of sins Ezra 9:6 (+ לְמַ֫עְלָה), Proverbs 29:16; + מִן compare Psalm 16:4; Psalm 139:18; of days Genesis 38:12 (J), Deuteronomy 11:21; 1 Samuel 7:2; Proverbs 9:11, years of life Proverbs 4:10; of waters Genesis 7:17 (J), Genesis 7:18 (P).
2.
a. be great:
(1) of things Genesis 43:24 (J; + מִן compare), 1 Samuel 14:30; of way = be long Deuteronomy 19:6 and (מִן compare person) Deuteronomy 14:24 be too long for; of wisdom 1 Kings 5:10 (מִן compare).
(2) of person, יִרְבֶּה אֱלֹהִים מֵאֱנוֺשׁ Job 33:12 i.e. is too great for (De and others); has loftier, nobler thoughts (Di Bu), but no ||.
b. grow great (Aramaism):
(1) of person, = grow up Ezekiel 16:7 (+ גָּדַל), Job 39:4.
(2) of glory Psalm 49:17, knowledge Daniel 12:4. — 2 Chronicles 24:27 see above.
†
Pi.
4 make large, increase; — Imperative masculine singular
רַבֶּה צְבָאֲךָ Judges 9:29 enlarge thy host; Perfect 2nd person masculine singular רִבִּיתָ בִּמְחִירֵיהֶם Psalm 44:13 thou hast not made great with their price (set a high price; so Ew De Che and others); or
increased (that is, thy wealth)
by their price (Hup Bae); =
bring up, rear (children)
Lamentations 2:22 (+
טפּח), whelps
Ezekiel 19:2 (in figurative).
Hiph.162 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִרְבָּה Hosea 8:11 +, suffix
וְהִרְבְּךָֹ consecutive
Deuteronomy 30:5;
2nd person masculine singular הִרְבִּיתָ Isaiah 9:2 +,
1st person singular הִרְבֵּיתִי Hosea 2:10 +, etc.;
Imperfect יַרְבֶּה Hosea 12:2 +,
וַ֫יֶּרֶב 2 Samuel 18:8;
Lamentations 2:5 etc.;
Imperative masculine singular
הַרְבֵּה Ezekiel 24:10,
הֶ֫רֶב Judges 20:38 +
Psalm 51:4 Qr (
הרבה Kt, Infinitive absolute), etc.; feminine singular
הַרְבִּי Isaiah 23:16, masculine plural
הַרְבּוּ Amos 4:4;
Genesis 34:12;
Infinitive absolute הַרְבֵּה Genesis 15:1 +,
הַרְבָּה (Ba
NB 90, 91)
Genesis 3:16;
Genesis 16:10;
Genesis 22:17;
construct הַרְבּוֺת Deuteronomy 28:63 + (
2 Samuel 14:11 Kt
הרבית;
Amos 4:9;
Proverbs 25:27 see below);
Participle מַרְבֶּה Exodus 16:17 +, construct
מַרְבֵּה Leviticus 11:42, etc.; —
1. make much, or many:
a. object person (or a people), multiply, increase Genesis 16:10; Genesis 17:20; Isaiah 9:2 +; Ezekiel 36:10 (+ עַל person), Ezekiel 36:11 (man and beast; + id.); Deuteronomy 30:5 (+ מִן compare person); + פרה Hiph. Genesis 28:3; Genesis 48:4 (both P); הִרְבָּה כּוֺשֵׁל Jeremiah 46:16 = he made many stumble; = have many 1 Chronicles 7:4; 1 Chronicles 8:40; 1 Chronicles 23:11.
b. object animals Deuteronomy 17:16 (twice in verse) (compare Ezekiel 36:11 above).
c. object things Hosea 2:10; Hosea 8:11, 14; Genesis 3:16 +; הַרְבּוּ עָלַי מְאֹד מֹהַר וּמַתָּן Genesis 34:12; opposed to הִמְעִיט Leviticus 26:16; Numbers 26:54; Numbers 33:54; object words Ecclesiastes 10:14 (see Job 34:37 below 2), compare Isaiah 1:15; Job 40:27, הַרְבִּי שִׂיר Isaiah 23:16; object days Job 29:18 (like sand); = use many (medicines) Jeremiah 46:11; have many (feet) Leviticus 11:42; bring abundantly 2 Chronicles 31:5; yield abundantly Nehemiah 9:37; with ל of object Hosea 10:1 (ל 3a); object omitted Habakkuk 2:6; Proverbs 22:16, also (opposed to מעט [usually Hiph.]) Exodus 16:17, 18; Exodus 30:15; Numbers 35:8 (all P), Proverbs 13:11.
d.
(1) followed by infinitive, make much to do, do much in respect of, = do much, abundantly; greatly, often, etc. (Dr181, 12): הַרְבּוּ לִפְשֹׁעַ Amos 4:4 = transgress greatly, so Ezra 10:13, compare 2 Kings 21:6 2 Chronicles 33:6; further, Isaiah 55:7; Exodus 36:5; 2 Chronicles 36:14; Psalm 78:38, also 2 Samuel 14:11 (Kt מהרבית, Qr מֵהַרְבַּת, read probably מֵהַרְבוֺת Drreff. Ges§ 75 ff. Th Löhr); + מִן compare 2 Samuel 18:8; 1 Samuel 1:12 = pray a long time; Judges 20:38 strike out הֶרֶב as dittograph of הארב Be Bu GFM.
(2) followed by finite verb (Drsm Ges§ 120g), אַלֿ תַּרְבּוּ תְדַבְּרוּ 1 Samuel 2:3 i.e. talk not so much; compare Psalm 51:4.
e. the infinitive absolute (Ol§ 191 b Köii. 1, 555 Ges§ 75 ff.) is used:
(1) הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה I will greatly increase Genesis 3:16; Genesis 16:10; Genesis 22:17 (all J; Ges§ 113n);
(2) וְהַרְבֵּה carrying on infinitive construct Ezekiel 21:20;
(3)הַרְבֵּה as adverb (with verbs and [Ecclesiastes 7:16] adjective), greatly, exceedingly, etc., especially מְאֹד ה׳ Genesis 41:49 (E), 1 Samuel 26:21; 2 Samuel 12:30 — 2 Samuel 20:2, Joshua 13:1 (D), 2 Kings 21:16; Nehemiah 2:2; perhaps also 1 Kings 5:9. 1 Kings 10:10 (both with נָתַן), 1 Kings 10:11 (with הֵבִיא), Jeremiah 40:12 (with אָסַף), 2 Chron 14:12 (with נָשָׂא); הַרְבֵּה alone 2 Kings 10:8 (opposed to מְעָ֑ט), Nehemiah 3:33; Ecclesiastes 1:16; Ecclesiastes 5:19; Ecclesiastes 7:16, 17; Psalm 51:4 Kt (Qr הֶרֶב Imperative);
(4) as adjective attributive (KöSynt.:§ 318 e), מְאֹד ח׳ Deuteronomy 3:5; Joshua 22:8 (D; || רַבמְֿאֹד), 2 Samuel 8:8 (רַבָּה מְאֹד in || 1 Chronicles 18:18), 1 Chronicles 12:2; Isaiah 30:33; 2 Chronicles 32:27; so הַרְבֵּה alone Nehemiah 4:4; Nehemiah 4:13 (+ רְחָבָה), Ezra 10:1 (preceding noun, compare 1. רַב), Ecclesiastes 2:7; Ecclesiastes 5:6; Ecclesiastes 5:16 (reading כעס as noun, Ew De Hi-Now and others), Ecclesiastes 6:11; Ecclesiastes 9:18; Ecclesiastes 11:8a Ecclesiastes 12:9, 12 (twice in verse),הַרְבּוֺת alone Proverbs 25:27 (Toy reads הַרְבֵּה); חִרְבֵּה מְאֹד as predicate Genesis 15:1 (J; Samaritan אַרְבֶּה), Ecclesiastes 11:8b Psalm 130:7 (adverb Bae);
(5) הַרְבֵּה as concrete noun (KöSynt.: § 318 a) 2 Samuel 14 Jeremiah 42:2 (בֶּה - van d. H.), with מִן compare, 2 Chronicles 25:9; Jonah 4:11; as object (or adverb), opposed to מְעַט Haggai 1:6, 9; Ecclesiastes 5:11; late in adverb phrase (לְהַרְבֵּה (מְאֹדׅ) Nehemiah 5:18; 2 Chronicles 11:12; 16:8; הַרְבּוֺת as noun Amos 4:9 (read probably הֶחֱרַבְתַּי We Now).
†2. make great, object person 2 Samuel 22:36 = Psalm 18:36; enlarge border 1 Chronicles 4:10; perhaps also Job 34:37 make words great, presumptuous, against God (לְאֵל; so BuhlLex; most make many words, 1c).
† II. [
רָבָה]
verb shoot (compare II.
רָבַב, I.
רָמָה); — only
Qal Participle רֹבֶה קַשָּׁ֑ת Genesis 21:20 <
רֹבֵה קָ֑שֶׁת, Kn Di and others, but read probably
דֹמֵה ק׳ Ol Ball,
one shooting the bow.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H7236.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
1:22; 1:22; 3:16; 3:16; 3:16; 7:17; 7:18; 8:17; 15:1; 15:1; 16:10; 16:10; 16:10; 17:20; 21:20; 22:17; 22:17; 28:3; 34:12; 34:12; 35:11; 38:12; 41:49; 43:24; 43:34; 47:27; 48:4
Exodus
1:7; 1:10; 1:12; 1:20; 1:20; 11:9; 11:9; 16:17; 16:17; 16:18; 30:15; 36:5
Leviticus
11:42; 11:42; 26:16
Numbers
26:54; 33:54; 35:8
Deuteronomy
3:5; 6:3; 7:22; 7:22; 8:1; 8:13; 8:13; 8:13; 8:13; 11:21; 11:31; 14:24; 17:16; 19:6; 28:63; 30:5; 30:5; 30:16; 30:16
Joshua
13:1; 22:8
Judges
9:29; 20:38; 20:38
1 Samuel
1:12; 2:3; 7:2; 14:30; 14:30; 26:21
2 Samuel
8:8; 12:30; 14; 14:11; 14:11; 18:8; 18:8; 20:2; 22:36
1 Kings
5:9; 5:10; 5:10; 10:10; 10:11
2 Kings
10:8; 21:6; 21:16
1 Chronicles
4:10; 5:9; 5:23; 7:4; 8:40; 12:2; 23:11; 23:17
2 Chronicles
11:12; 14:12; 16:8; 24:27; 24:27; 25:9; 31:5; 32:27; 33:6; 36:14
Ezra
9:6; 9:6; 10:1; 10:13
Nehemiah
2:2; 4:4; 4:13; 5:18; 9:37
Job
27:14; 29:18; 33:12; 34:37; 34:37; 39:4
Psalms
16:4; 18:36; 44:13; 49:17; 51:4; 51:4; 51:4; 78:38; 107:38; 130:7; 139:18; 139:18
Proverbs
4:10; 9:11; 13:11; 22:16; 25:27; 25:27; 28:28; 29:2; 29:16; 29:16
Ecclesiastes
1:16; 2:7; 5:6; 5:10; 5:11; 5:16; 5:19; 6:11; 7:16; 7:16; 7:17; 9:18; 10:14; 11:8; 11:8; 12:9; 12:12
Isaiah
1:15; 9:2; 9:2; 23:16; 23:16; 30:33; 55:7
Jeremiah
3:16; 23:3; 40:12; 42:2; 46:11; 46:16
Lamentations
2:5; 2:22
Ezekiel
16:7; 19:2; 21:20; 24:10; 31:5; 36:10; 36:11; 36:11; 36:11; 36:11
Daniel
12:4; 12:4
Hosea
2:10; 2:10; 8:11; 8:11; 8:14; 10:1; 12:2
Amos
4:4; 4:4; 4:9; 4:9
Jonah
4:11
Habakkuk
2:6
Haggai
1:6; 1:9
Zechariah
10:8