רַבrab

רַב: much, many, great

Pronunciation: rab · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7227

Meanings

1. (often opposed to מְעַט)

a. much, numerous (1 Kings 10:2; Psalms 19:11; 2 Kings 12:11)

b. plural many (Exodus 5:5; Judges 8:30; Judges 9:40)

c. as substantive collective (Exodus 19:21; 1 Samuel 14:6; Numbers 13:18)

d. construct = abounding in (Proverbs 28:20; Psalms 147:5; Proverbs 28:27)

e. + מִן compare = more numerous than (Exodus 1:9; Numbers 22:15; Joshua 10:11)

f. = abundant, enough (Genesis 24:25; Genesis 33:9; Genesis 45:28)

g. as adverb much, exceedingly (only Psalms) (Psalms 123:3; Psalms 18:15; 2 Samuel 22:15)

2. great, less often

a. of space (1 Samuel 26:13; Amos 7:4; Genesis 7:11)

b. strong (2 Chronicles 14:10; Isaiah 63:1; Isaiah 53:12)

c. major natu (i.e. older) (Genesis 25:23; Job 32:9)

d. + מִן compare greater than (Deuteronomy 7:1; Deuteronomy 7:17; Deuteronomy 9:14)

רַב: chief (Jeremiah 39:9; Jeremiah 39:13; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 30:9; Jeremiah 30:10)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 454 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 6:5 The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.
  • Genesis 7:11 When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.
  • Genesis 13:6 But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.
  • Genesis 21:34 And Abraham lived as a foreigner in Philistine country for a long time.
  • Genesis 24:25 Yes, we have plenty of straw and feed for the camels, and we have room for guests.”
  • Genesis 25:23 And the Lord told her, “The sons in your womb will become two nations. From the very beginning, the two nations will be rivals. One nation will be stronger than the other; and your older son will serve your younger son.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).