Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7227: רַב

rab · pronounced rab · “many”

Definition

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

KJV translates it as: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).

Word origin: by contracted from H7231 (רָבַב);

Extended definition

adj
1) much, many, great
1a) much
1b) many
1c) abounding in
1d) more numerous than
1e) abundant, enough
1f) great
1g) strong
1h) greater than
adv
1i) much, exceedingly

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7227 is translated

  • many ×164
  • great ×68
  • many people ×44
  • much ×35
  • the chief of ×26
  • numerous ×23
  • great of ×15
  • is great ×9
  • are many ×9
  • enough ×8
  • are great ×4
  • is numerous ×3

Bible verses with H7227 (rab)

Rab appears in 436 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Genesis 6:5

    And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

  • Genesis 7:11

    In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

  • Genesis 13:6

    And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

  • Genesis 21:34

    And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

  • Genesis 24:25

    She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

  • Genesis 25:23

    And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

  • Genesis 26:14

    For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

  • Genesis 30:43

    And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

  • Genesis 33:9

    And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

  • Genesis 36:7

    For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

  • Genesis 37:34

    And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

  • Genesis 45:28

    And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

  • Genesis 50:20

    But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

  • Exodus 1:9

    And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

  • Exodus 2:23

    And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

  • Exodus 5:5

    And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

  • Exodus 9:28

    Intreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

  • Exodus 12:38

    And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

  • Exodus 19:21

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.

  • Exodus 23:2

    Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

  • Exodus 34:6

    And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

  • Leviticus 15:25

    And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.

  • Leviticus 25:51

    If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

  • Numbers 9:19

    And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not.

  • Numbers 11:33

    And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.

All 436 references (first 400)

Words derived from H7227