רְבָבָה revavah
Hebrew word for “myriad” · Strong’s H7233 · used 16 times in 16 verses
Meaning
multitude, myriad, ten thousand
How it is translated
Glosses given for revavah in context, with how often each is used:
- ten thousands 8
- ten thousand 6
- more than ten thousand 1
- tens of thousands 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Samuel | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Song of Solomon | 1 | 0.8 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 33 (2), 1 Samuel 18 (2), Genesis 24 (1), Leviticus 26 (1), Numbers 10 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), Judges 20 (1), 1 Samuel 21 (1), 1 Samuel 29 (1), Psalms 3 (1)
Forms
- רבבה 4
- רבבות 3
- ברבבתיו 3
- מרבבת 1
- לרבבה 1
- מרבבות 1
- ורבבה 1
- מרבבה 1
- ברבבות 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with revavah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 11
- שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 4
- מְחוֹלָה mecholah “dance” 2
- דָּוִד david “David” 4
- עָנָה anah “to answer” 3
- נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 3
- בְּכוֹר bekhor “firstborn” 2
- יָמִין yamin “right” 2
- רָדַף radaph “to pursue” 2
- זֶה zeh “this” 3
- נָפַל naphal “to fall” 2
- מֵאָה meah “hundred” 2
Key verses
The verses using revavah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 24:60 — And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which…
- Leviticus 26:8 — And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
- Deuteronomy 32:30 — How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
- Deuteronomy 33:2 — And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his…
- Deuteronomy 33:17 — His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the…
- 1 Samuel 18:7 — And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
- 1 Samuel 18:8 — And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands:…
- 1 Samuel 21:11 — And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain…
- Psalms 3:6 — I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
- Song of Solomon 5:10 — My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
- Ezekiel 16:7 — I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are…
- Micah 6:7 — Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body…
See all 16 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.