רִבּוֹ
ribbôw · rib-bo'
a myriad, i.e. indefinitely, large number
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7231 (רָבַב); or רִבּוֹא from H7231 (רָבַב);
a myriad, i.e. indefinitely, large number
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: great things, ten ((eight) -een, (for) -ty, [phrase] sixscore, [phrase] threescore, [idiom] twenty, (twen) -ty) 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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish
The head, the highest of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רִבּוֹ 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thousand3 · 27%
- was forty2 · 18%
- and ten thousand1 · 9%
- eighteen1 · 9%
- threescore1 · 9%
- are twenty thousand1 · 9%
- many ten thousands1 · 9%
- to him the great things1 · 9%
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.