רַב rav

Hebrew word for “great” · Strong’s H7229 · used 15 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

adj; 1) great; 1a) great; 1b) great (fig of power); n; 2) captain, chief

How it is translated

Glosses given for rav in context, with how often each is used:

• great 11
• chief 4

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 2 (6), Ezra 5 (2), Daniel 4 (2), Daniel 5 (2), Daniel 7 (2), Ezra 4 (1)

Forms

• רב 10
• רבא 3
• ורב 1
• רבתא 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with rav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דִּי di “that” 11
• מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 10
• הֲוָא hava “to be” 6
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 4
• לָא la “not” 5
• אֲמַר amar “to say” 5
• אֱלָהּ elah “god” 5
• קֳבֵל qevel “before” 4
• חֲזָה chazah “to see” 4
• חַרְטֹם chartom “magician” 3
• אֶבֶן even “stone” 3
• כֹּל kol “all” 4

Key verses

The verses using rav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Ezra 5:8 — Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in…
• Ezra 5:11 — And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which…
• Daniel 2:10 — The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor…
• Daniel 2:35 — Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the…
• Daniel 2:45 — Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and…
• Daniel 2:48 — Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over…
• Daniel 4:9 — O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my…
• Daniel 4:30 — The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
• Daniel 5:1 — Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
• Daniel 5:11 — There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the…
• Daniel 7:2 — Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
• Daniel 7:20 — And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.