רָבַע rava
Hebrew word for “to square” · Strong’s H7251 · used 12 times in 12 verses
Meaning
1) to square, be squared; 1a) (Qal) square (participle); 1b) (Pual) square (participle)
How it is translated
Glosses given for rava in context, with how often each is used:
- square 12
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
1 Kings 7 (2), Exodus 27 (1), Exodus 28 (1), Exodus 30 (1), Exodus 37 (1), Exodus 38 (1), Exodus 39 (1), Ezekiel 40 (1), Ezekiel 41 (1), Ezekiel 43 (1)
Forms
- רבוע 7
- רבעים 1
- מרבעות 1
- מרבעת 1
- רבעה 1
- מרבע 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with rava more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- רֹחַב rochav “width” 8
- אֹרֶךְ orekh “length” 8
- אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 7
- קוֹמָה qomah “height” 4
- שִׁטָּה shittah “acacia” 3
- כָּפַל kaphal “to double” 2
- מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 4
- זֶרֶת zeret “span” 2
- מְזוּזָה mezuzah “doorpost” 2
- חָמֵשׁ chamesh “five” 3
- עֵץ ets “tree” 3
- שָׁלֹשׁ shalosh “three” 3
Key verses
The verses using rava that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 27:1 — And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three…
- Exodus 28:16 — Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
- Exodus 30:2 — A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof…
- Exodus 37:25 — And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of…
- Exodus 38:1 — And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three…
- Exodus 39:9 — It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
- 1 Kings 7:5 — And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
- 1 Kings 7:31 — And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon…
- Ezekiel 40:47 — So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
- Ezekiel 41:21 — The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.
- Ezekiel 43:16 — And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
- Ezekiel 45:2 — Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs…
See all 12 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.