רֹב
rôb · H7230 · Hebrew · 152 occurrences
Meanings
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multitude, abundance, numerous, often
State in which objects or events are numerous in quantity or frequency
ExamplesGenesis 16:10 The angel of the LORD also said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.”
Genesis 27:28 Now may God give you of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And an abundance of grain and new wine;
Genesis 30:30 “For you had little before I came, and it has increased to a multitude, and the LORD has blessed you wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own household also?”
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greatness
Literally: multitude; hence: state in which events take place with great intensity
ExamplesExodus 15:7 “And in the greatness of Your excellence You overthrow those who rise up against You; You send out Your burning anger, and it consumes them like chaff.
Joshua 9:13 “And these wineskins which we filled were new, and behold, they are split open; and these clothes of ours and our sandals are worn out from the very long journey.”
1 Samuel 1:16 “Do not consider your bond-servant a useless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and provocation.”
How it’s used In 10 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated in the clause 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for+ פְּרִיfruit, produce 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
89 occurrences in 55 groups
- חֵסֵדsteadfast love, kindness, loyalty 7
- עָוֺןiniquity 5
- כֹּחַstrength 4
- אָדָםhuman, humankind, human being(s) 3
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 3
- הוֹןwealth 3
- Other words · 47 groups that occur once or twice (61) 61
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
What it doesIt is the subject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- יָדַעto know 1
- נָטָהto stretch out, to incline 1
- עָנָהto answer 1
- קָרָאto call, to cry out 1
What is done to itIt is the object
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- זָכַרto remember 1
- כָּתַבto write down, to write, to inscribe 1
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
- סָפַרto count, to tell 1
- עָנָהto afflict, to humble 1
- פָּחַדto be afraid, to tremble 1
What it is said to bePredicate
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- יֵשׁthere is, there are 1
- כֹּחַstrength 1
- אֵיתָןpermanent 1
- רֹבmultitude, abundance, numerous 1
- נִיme 1
- ךָּyou 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
7 occurrences in 6 groups
- תְּשׁוּעָהsalvation 2
- הֲדָרָהmajesty 1
- מַאֲכָלfood 1
- נִירlamp 1
- עֹלָהburnt offering 1
- רֹבmultitude, abundance, numerous 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
133 occurrences in 6 groups
- לto/for 81
- בin/on/with 72
- מִןfrom 38
- כlike/as 14
- עַלon, upon, over, against 10
- עַדto, as far as, until 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- פֶּהmouth 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- πλῆθος plēthos · G4128 · large number of, a multitude of, crowd
- Greek πλῆθος is the primary Septuagint rendering of Hebrew רֹב, and the two share the core sense of multitude or abundance, denoting a large quantity or number.
- πολύς polýs · G4183 · many, a great deal of, a great number of
- Greek πολύς directly renders Hebrew רֹב's core semantic of quantitative abundance/plurality, functioning as the standard LXX equivalent for expressing 'much/many/great in number' across both adjectival and substantival uses.
Word family 14 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7230. rob רב151 noun masculineJob 11:2 multitude, abundance, greatness; — absolute ׳ר…
רב151 noun masculineJob 11:2 multitude, abundance, greatness; — absolute ׳ר Gen 16:10 +, רוֺב 1Ch 4:38; 2Ch 31:10 + Job 33:19 Qr (Kt ריב); construct רֹב Exo 15:7 + (רֹבֿ Job 37:23 Baer Gi), רָבֿ Job 23:6 +; 2Ki 19:23 and plural construct רֻבֵּי Hos 8:12 see below;
1 multitude (c. 125 t.): of person Hos 10:13; Pro 14:28; Pro 20:6; Est 10:3 +; of things Isa 1:11; Isa 47:12; Eze 27:18; Lev 27:16; Pro 10:19; Job 11:2 +; = great quantity, abundance Gen 27:28; Hos 9:7 + often (2Ki 19:23 Qr [= Isa 37:24 Kt ], > Kt רכב; 2Ch 24:27 Kt ורב > Qr יִרֶב), + (of time) שָׁנִים רֹב Job 32:8 (Gi; Job 32:7 van d. H., Baer), יָמִים בְּרֹב Ecc 11:1; = whole number (of bones) Job 4:14; Job 33:19 (Qr; Kt ריב); especially לָרֹב in respect of, for, multitude, in simile, like sand, stars, etc., Jos 11:4 (JE), 1Sa 13:5; 2Sa 17:11 2Sa 17:10t.; = abundantly, with verb (= הַרְבֵּה) Gen 30:30 (J), Gen 48:16 (E), 1Ki 1:19, 1Ki 1:25; 1Ki 10:10; usually late Neh 9:25; Job 26:3; Zec 14:14; 1Ch 4:30; 2Ch 9:9 (|| הַרְבֵּה 1Ki 10:10) + 23 t. Chronicles; as predicate with הָיָה 1Ch 22:14; = in great numbers, 2Ch 30:5, 2Ch 30:24; nearly = adjective (c.substantive; = רַב) 2Ch 9:1 (|| רַב 1Ki 10:2), 1Ki 16:8; 1Ki 24:24; 1Ki 30:13; מֵרֹב from multitude of, Deu 7:7; Deu 28:47 Deu 28:14t.; absolute from (for) mult. 1Ki 7:47; Gen 16:10; Gen 32:13 (J), 1Ki 3:8; 1Ki 8:5 2Ch 5:6.
2 greatness (c. 26 t.): ׳מֵר שִׂיחִי 1Sa 1:16, חַסְרֶּ֑ךָ רֹב Neh 13:22; Psa 5:8; Psa 69:14, compare Psa 106:45, ׳ר כֹּחַ Isa 63:1; Job 23:6; Job 30:18; Psa 33:16, etc.; read רֹב probably also (for דַב) Isa 63:7; Psa 145:7; = length of journey (compare verb Jos 9:13) דַּרְכֵךְ בְּרֹב Isa 57:10; Hos 8:12 Qr תוֺרָתִי רֻבֵּי = greatnesses [great things], or numerous things of my law, but form dubious read perhaps תּוֺרֹתַי רֹב (sub 1), so We (compare ᵐ5); Gr and others דִּבְרֵי; > Kt רבו, see רִבּוֺ. — Lev 25:16; Deu 7:7; Hos 4:7 see √
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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