רְבָבָה
rᵉbâbâh · reb-aw-baw'
abundance (in number), i.e. (specifically) a myriad (whether definite or indefinite)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7231 (רָבַב);
abundance (in number), i.e. (specifically) a myriad (whether definite or indefinite)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: many, million, [idiom] multiply, ten thousand.
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
- 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)
the head, the highest › the house, what is within › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest of the house, what is within of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְבָבָה 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- his ten thousands3 · 19%
- of millions1 · 6%
- of you shall put ten thousand1 · 6%
- unto the many1 · 6%
- put ten1 · 6%
- with ten thousands1 · 6%
- and they are the ten thousands1 · 6%
- out of ten thousand1 · 6%
- ten thousands1 · 6%
- of ten thousands1 · 6%
- and ten thousand1 · 6%
- among ten thousand1 · 6%
- thee to multiply1 · 6%
- or with ten thousands1 · 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.