רָבָה
râbâh · raw-baw'
to increase (in whatever respect)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to increase (in whatever respect)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), [idiom] process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
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
- 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 › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָבָה 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
227 occurrences · 227 OT · 0 NT · 162 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- much16 · 17%
- and multiply14 · 15%
- many10 · 11%
- multiply6 · 6%
- and multiplied5 · 5%
- and i will multiply4 · 4%
- increase4 · 4%
- increaseth3 · 3%
- hath multiplied2 · 2%
- may be multiplied2 · 2%
- increased2 · 2%
- thou shalt increase2 · 2%
- thou hast multiplied2 · 2%
- and many2 · 2%
- shall be multiplied2 · 2%
- thee, and multiply2 · 2%
- be multiplied2 · 2%
- were multiplied2 · 2%
- hath made me great2 · 2%
- and much2 · 2%
- more2 · 2%
- and increase2 · 2%
- exceedingly2 · 2%
- and were increased1 · 1%
- i will greatly1 · 1%
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.