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רִבּוֹ ribbo
Hebrew word for “ten thousand” · Strong’s H7239 · used 10 times in 9 verses
Meaning
ten thousand, myriad; Aramaic equivalent: rib.bo (רִבּוֹ "myriad" H7240)
How it is translated
Glosses given for ribbo in context, with how often each is used:
- ten thousand 6
- ten thousands 2
- twice ten thousand 1
- tens of thousands 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Nehemiah 7 (3), Ezra 2 (2), 1 Chronicles 29 (1), Psalms 68 (1), Daniel 11 (1), Jonah 4 (1)
Forms
- רבו 3
- רבוא 3
- רבאות 2
- רבות 1
- רבתים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ribbo more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 7
- דַּרְכְּמוֹן darkemon “drachma” 3
- מָנֶה maneh “mina” 3
- מֵאָה meah “hundred” 5
- שִׁשִּׁים shishshim “sixty” 3
- זָהָב zahav “gold” 4
- כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 4
- כֻּתֹּנֶת ketonet “tunic” 2
- אוֹצָר otsar “treasure” 2
- שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 3
- קָהָל qahal “assembly” 2
- מְלָאכָה melakhah “work” 2
Key verses
The verses using ribbo that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 — And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen…
- Ezra 2:64 — The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
- Ezra 2:69 — They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred…
- Nehemiah 7:66 — The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
- Nehemiah 7:71 — And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.
- Nehemiah 7:72 — And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ garments.
- Psalms 68:17 — The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
- Daniel 11:12 — And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.
- Jonah 4:11 — And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left…
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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.