רֹבrôb

multitude, abundance, greatness

Pronunciation: robe · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7230

Meanings

1. multitude, = great quantity, abundance (Hosea 10:13; Proverbs 14:28; Proverbs 20:6)

2. greatness (1 Samuel 1:16; Nehemiah 13:22; Psalms 5:8)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 149 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 16:10 Then he added, “I will give you more descendants than you can count.”
  • Genesis 27:28 “From the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth, may God always give you abundant harvests of grain and bountiful new wine.
  • Genesis 30:30 You had little indeed before I came, but your wealth has increased enormously. The Lord has blessed you through everything I’ve done. But now, what about me? When can I start providing for my own family?”
  • Genesis 32:12 But you promised me, ‘I will surely treat you kindly, and I will multiply your descendants until they become as numerous as the sands along the seashore—too many to count.’”
  • Genesis 48:16 the Angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may he bless these boys. May they preserve my name and the names of Abraham and Isaac. And may their descendants multiply greatly throughout the earth.”
  • Exodus 15:7 In the greatness of your majesty, you overthrow those who rise against you. You unleash your blazing fury; it consumes them like straw.
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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).