רָבַב
râbab · raw-bab'
properly, to cast together , i.e. increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriad
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; (compare H7241 (רָבִיב)); also as denominative from H7233 (רְבָבָה);
properly, to cast together , i.e. increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriad
- properly, to cast together , i.e. increase, especially in number
- to multiply by the myriad
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: increase, be many(-ifold), be more, multiply, ten thousands.
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
- 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 house, what is within
The head, the highest of the house, what is within of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָבַב 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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- are multiplied2 · 12%
- are many2 · 12%
- to multiply1 · 6%
- there be many1 · 6%
- be multiplied1 · 6%
- how are they increased1 · 6%
- increased1 · 6%
- for they are many1 · 6%
- are more1 · 6%
- how manifold1 · 6%
- and ten thousands1 · 6%
- they are increased1 · 6%
- that they are many1 · 6%
- shall be many1 · 6%
- because they are more1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
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.