רָבַב ravav
Hebrew word for “to multiply” · Strong’s H7231 · used 21 times in 21 verses
Meaning
1) to be or become many, be or become much, be or become great;
How it is translated
Glosses given for ravav in context, with how often each is used:
- many 9
- will be many 2
- become numerous 1
- great 1
- will become many 1
- because were numerous 1
- have been many 1
- abound 1
- have become many 1
- producing ten thousands 1
- increase 1
- will become great 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Isaiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 6 (1), Genesis 18 (1), Exodus 23 (1), Deuteronomy 7 (1), 1 Samuel 25 (1), Job 35 (1), Psalms 3 (1), Psalms 4 (1), Psalms 25 (1), Psalms 38 (1)
Forms
- רבו 12
- ורבו 3
- ורבה 2
- לרב 1
- רבה 1
- מרבכם 1
- מרבבות 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ravav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עָצֹם atsom “be vast” 3
- פֶּשַׁע pesah “transgression” 3
- שָׂנֵא sane “to hate” 3
- מְשׁוּבָה meshuvah “faithlessness” 2
- מָה mah “what?” 4
- אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 3
- עָנָה anah “to answer” 3
- יַעַר yaar “wood” 2
- שֶׁקֶר sheqer “deception” 2
- דָּוִד david “David” 3
- אִם im “if” 3
- עָוֺן avan “iniquity” 2
Key verses
The verses using ravav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 18:20 — And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
- Deuteronomy 7:7 — The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
- 1 Samuel 25:10 — And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his…
- Psalms 3:1 — [A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.] LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
- Psalms 25:19 — Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
- Psalms 69:4 — They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored…
- Psalms 104:24 — O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
- Psalms 144:13 — That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
- Isaiah 59:12 — For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
- Isaiah 66:16 — For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
- Jeremiah 5:6 — Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth…
- Jeremiah 14:7 — O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
See all 21 verses in the Word Atlas
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.