רְבוּ
rᵉbûw · H7238 · Aramaic · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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greatness, majesty
State in which a leader or nation has a high status
ExamplesDaniel 4:22 it is you, O king; for you have become great and grown strong, and your majesty has become great and reached to the sky, and your dominion to the end of the earth.
Daniel 4:36 “At that time my reason returned to me. And my majesty and splendor were restored to me for the honor of my kingdom, and my state counselors and my nobles began seeking me out; so I was reestablished in my sovereignty, and surpassing greatness was added to me.
Daniel 5:18 “O king, the Most High God granted sovereignty, greatness, honor, and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ךָyour 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- יְהַבdeliver 1
- יַתִּירexceeding 1
- מַלְכוּkingdom, reign 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- יְהַבdeliver 1
- יְסַףadd 1
- רְבָהmake a great man 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יְהַבdeliver 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 3
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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Near synonyms 3 words
- גְּדוּלָה gᵉdûwlâh · H1420 · greatness, great thing
- Hebrew noun from a different root (גדל) meaning greatness or majesty - semantically overlapping with רְבוּ and often interchangeable in contexts describing royal or divine greatness
- הוֹד hôwd · H1935 · glory
- Hebrew noun denoting splendor, majesty, or honor - frequently paired with or substitutable for words denoting greatness/majesty in descriptions of divine or royal glory
- הָדָר hâdâr · H1926 · majesty, majestic, citron tree
- Hebrew noun denoting splendor, majesty, or glory - semantically very close to רְבוּ in contexts describing magnificence and grandeur
In the other Testament 2 words
- μεγαλειότης megaleiótēs · G3168 · prominence, greatness, importance
- Greek noun denoting majesty, greatness, magnificence - the standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew רְבוּ in contexts describing divine or royal grandeur
- μεγαλωσύνη megalōsýnē · G3172 · prominence, greatness, importance
- Greek noun denoting majesty and greatness, particularly used of divine majesty in LXX and NT - a close translation equivalent for the concept of greatness/majesty expressed by רְבוּ
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Great002001002012
- Daniel 5:18 has Daniel tell Belshazzar, “O king, the Most High God granted sovereignty, greatness, honor, and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father.”
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7238. rebu רְבוּ noun feminine greatness (ᵑ7 Syriac); — absolute ׳ר Dan 4:33, emphatic…
רְבוּ noun feminine greatness (ᵑ7 Syriac); — absolute ׳ר Dan 4:33, emphatic רְבוּתָא Dan 5:18 +, suffix תָךְ- Dan 4:19; — greatness of king Dan 4:19; Dan 4:33; Dan 5:18-19, of kingdom Dan 7:27.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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