רַבrab

great

Pronunciation: rab · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7229

Meanings

1. great (Daniel 2:31; Daniel 2:35; Daniel 4:27)

2. great, figurative of power, influence, etc. (Daniel 2:10; Ezra 4:10; Ezra 5:11)

3. as noun = captain, chief (Daniel 2:14; Daniel 2:48; Daniel 4:6)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 15 times in the Bible.

Ezra 4:10 They also sent greetings from the rest of the people whom the great and noble Ashurbanipal had deported and relocated in Samaria and throughout the neighboring lands of the province west of the Euphrates River.
Ezra 5:8 “The king should know that we went to the construction site of the Temple of the great God in the province of Judah. It is being rebuilt with specially prepared stones, and timber is being laid in its walls. The work is going forward with great energy and success.
Ezra 5:11 “This was their answer: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the Temple that was built here many years ago by a great king of Israel.
Daniel 2:10 The astrologers replied to the king, “No one on earth can tell the king his dream! And no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer!
Daniel 2:14 When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, came to kill them, Daniel handled the situation with wisdom and discretion.
Daniel 2:31 “In your vision, Your Majesty, you saw standing before you a huge, shining statue of a man. It was a frightening sight.

See every passage

Ezra 4:10, 5:8, 5:11
Daniel 2:10, 2:14, 2:31, 2:35, 2:45, 2:48, 4:9, 4:30, 5:1, 5:11, 7:2, 7:20

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).