רַב
rab · rab
{abundant}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7227 (רַב)
{abundant}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: captain, chief, great, lord, master, stout.
Letters
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the house, what is within
The head, the highest of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רַב 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the great2 · 13%
- great2 · 13%
- a great2 · 13%
- master2 · 13%
- of the great1 · 7%
- which a great1 · 7%
- lord1 · 7%
- the captain1 · 7%
- and chief1 · 7%
- upon the great1 · 7%
- stout1 · 7%
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.