Lexical Summary rabab: to be or become many or much Original Word: רָבַבTransliteration: rabab Phonetic Spelling: (raw-bab') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be or become many or much Meaning: to cast together, increase, in number, to multiply by the myriad Strong's Concordance increase, be manifold, be more, multiply, ten thousands A primitive root; properly, to cast together (compare rabiyb), i.e. Increase, especially in number; also (as denominative from rbabah) to multiply by the myriad -- increase, be many(-ifold), be more, multiply, ten thousands. see HEBREW rabiyb see HEBREW rbabah Brown-Driver-Briggs H7231. rabab I. [רָבַב] verb be or become, many, much (Late Hebrew רַב especially lord, master, רַבִּי my master teacher; MI5 adjective plural רבן; Ph רב feminine רבת; Assyrian [rabâbu], rabbu; Arabic rear, increase (active; thick juice, compare Late Hebrew רְבָב grease is thought by Buhl and others to indicate original meaning be thick), lord, owner, master; Sabean רב especially in proper names, רבשמסם רבבם רבאל,, etc., CISiv,nos-285, 3; 286, 1; 287, 12, etc.; Lihyanian רבה its lord DHMEpigr.Denkm.Arabic 232; Eth expund, spread (intransitive); Aramaic רַב great, chief, so Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene רב, Lzb366 Cook107); — Qal Perfect3feminine singular consecutive וְרַבָּה Exodus 23:29; Isaiah 6:12, רָ֑בָּה Genesis 18:20 (Hosea 9:7 read הַמּשְׂטֵמָה וְרֹב [for מ ׳וְרַבָּה ᵑ0] ᵐ5. We Now); elsewhere only 3 plural רַבּוּ 1 Samuel 25:10+, רָ֑בּוּ Jeremiah 46:23+2t. [other forms supplied by רבה q. v.]; Infinitivecstr רֹב Genesis 6:1; Joshua 9:13; Leviticus 25:16 ("" מְעֹט), suffix רֻבְּכֶם Deuteronomy 7:7, and perhaps רֻבָּם Hosea 4:7 (compare רֹב below); — 1 be (become) many, person Genesis 6:1 (J) Exodus 23:29 (E; see above), 1 Samuel 25:10; Hosea 4:7 (perhaps), Isaiah 66:16; Psalm 3:2; 25:19; 38:20; Ecclesiastes 5:10+ מִן compare Jeremiah 46:23; Deuteronomy 7:7; Psalm 69:5; of things Isaiah 22:9; Psalm 4:8; 104:24, years Leviticus 25:16(P), sins Jeremiah 5:6; 14:7; Isaiah 59:12; Job 35:6 . 2 become great, Genesis 18:20 (J) Isaiah 6:12; be long, of journey, Joshua 9:13 — Pu`al see [רָבַב] denom |
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