רָבַעrâbaʻ
squared, square
Pronunciation: raw-bah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7251
Meanings
Qal: as substantive = a square (Exodus 27:1; Exodus 30:2; Exodus 37:25)
Pu`al: square (Ezekiel 45:2; Ezekiel 40:47; 1 Kings 7:31)
Same root
- רָבַעrâbaʻ · H7250to squat or lie out flat, i.e. (specifically) in copulation
- אַרְבַּעʼarbaʻ · H702four
- רֶבַעrebaʻ · H7253a fourth (part or side)
- רְבִיעִיrᵉbîyʻîy · H7243fourth; also (fractionally) a fourth
- רֹבַעrôbaʻ · H7255a quarter
- רִבֵּעַribbêaʻ · H7256a descendant of the fourth generation, i.e. great great grandchild
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 27:1 “Using acacia wood, construct a square altar 7 1⁄2 feet wide, 7 1⁄2 feet long, and 4 1⁄2 feet high.
- Exodus 28:16 Make the chestpiece of a single piece of cloth folded to form a pouch nine inches square.
- Exodus 30:2 Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.
- Exodus 37:25 Then Bezalel made the incense altar of acacia wood. It was 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.
- Exodus 38:1 Next Bezalel used acacia wood to construct the square altar of burnt offering. It was 7 1⁄2 feet wide, 7 1⁄2 feet long, and 4 1⁄2 feet high.
- Exodus 39:9 He made the chestpiece of a single piece of cloth folded to form a pouch nine inches square.
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).