רַבְרְבָן
rabrᵉbân · rab-reb-awn'
a magnate
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) from H7260 (רַבְרַב);
a magnate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lord, prince.
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
- 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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the house, what is within › the head, the highest › the house, what is within › the seed, life continuing
The head, the highest of the house, what is within of the head, the highest of the house, what is within of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רַבְרְבָן 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of his lords2 · 25%
- and his princes2 · 25%
- and his lords2 · 25%
- and my lords1 · 13%
- and thy lords1 · 13%
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.