חֲמַת רַבָּה
Chămath Rabbâh · kham-ath' rab-baw'
Chamath-Rabbah
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2574 (חֲמָת) and H7237 (רַבָּה); Chamath of Rabbah; probably the same as H2574 (חֲמָת).
Chamath-Rabbah
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֲמַת רַבָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the great1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
- Amos2
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.