רְבָה
rᵉbâh · reb-aw'
{to increase (in whatever respect)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7235 (רָבָה)
{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: make a great man, grow.
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 רְבָה 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- made1 · 14%
- a great man1 · 14%
- grew1 · 14%
- which grew1 · 14%
- that art grown1 · 14%
- is grown1 · 14%
- were grown1 · 14%
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.