רָבַבrâbab
be or become, many, much
Pronunciation: raw-bab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7231
Meanings
Qal
1. be (become) many (Genesis 6:1; Exodus 23:29; 1 Samuel 25:10)
2. become great (Genesis 18:20; Isaiah 6:12; Joshua 9:13)
Pu`al: see [רָבַב] denominative
Same root
- רָבִיבrâbîyb · H7241a rain (as an accumulation of drops)
- רְבָבָהrᵉbâbâh · H7233abundance (in number), i.e. (specifically) a myriad (whether definite or indefinite)
- מֵרָבMêrâb · H4764Merab, a daughter of Saul
- רַבrab · H7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- רֹבrôb · H7230abundance (in any respect)
- רָבַבrâbab · H7232to shoot an arrow
- רִבּוֹribbôw · H7239a myriad, i.e. indefinitely, large number
- רַבִּיתRabbîyth · H7245Rabbith, a place in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 21 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 6:1 Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.
- Genesis 18:20 So the Lord told Abraham, “I have heard a great outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah, because their sin is so flagrant.
- Exodus 23:29 But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals would multiply and threaten you.
- Deuteronomy 7:7 “The Lord did not set his heart on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!
- 1 Samuel 25:10 “Who is this fellow David?” Nabal sneered to the young men. “Who does this son of Jesse think he is? There are lots of servants these days who run away from their masters.
- Job 35:6 If you sin, how does that affect God? Even if you sin again and again, what effect will it have on him?
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).