רָוָה ravah
Hebrew word for “to quench” · Strong’s H7301 · used 14 times in 14 verses
Meaning
1) to be satiated or saturated, have or drink one's fill;
How it is translated
Glosses given for ravah in context, with how often each is used:
- take their fill ! 1
- surely watering 1
- may they satisfy 1
- us take our fill 1
- one who gives water 1
- water abundantly 1
- has drunk its fill 1
- will drink its fill 1
- have satisfied 1
- has given water to 1
- will satisfy 1
- give water to 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 |
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 34 (2), Jeremiah 31 (2), Psalms 36 (1), Psalms 65 (1), Proverbs 5 (1), Proverbs 7 (1), Proverbs 11 (1), Isaiah 16 (1), Isaiah 43 (1), Isaiah 55 (1)
Forms
- ורותה 2
- ירוין 1
- רוה 1
- ירוך 1
- נרוה 1
- ומרוה 1
- אריוך 1
- רותה 1
- הרויתני 1
- הרוה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ravah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׂבֵעַ sava “to satisfy” 3
- דָּשֵׁן dashen “to prosper” 2
- דֶּשֶׁן deshen “ashes” 2
- יָרַד yarad “to go down” 3
- חֵלֶב chelev “fat” 2
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 3
- זֶבַח zevach “sacrifice” 2
- דָּם dam “blood” 2
- חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 2
- שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 2
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 2
Key verses
The verses using ravah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 36:8 — They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
- Proverbs 5:19 — Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
- Proverbs 11:25 — The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
- Isaiah 16:9 — Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer…
- Isaiah 34:5 — For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
- Isaiah 34:7 — And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
- Isaiah 43:24 — Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou…
- Isaiah 55:10 — For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give…
- Jeremiah 31:14 — And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 31:25 — For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
- Jeremiah 46:10 — For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be…
- Lamentations 3:15 — He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
See all 14 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.