H7250: רָבַע
râbaʻ · pronounced raw-bah' · “to mate”
Definition
to squat or lie out flat, i.e. (specifically) in copulation
KJV translates it as: let gender, lie down.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to lie down
1a1a) for repose
1a1b) for copulation (of woman with beast)
1b) (Hiphil) to cause to lay down (of cattle breeding)
Also means: re.va (רֶבַע "to lie down" H7252)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7250 is translated
- it ×1
- you will make lie ×1
- stretch out with ×1
Bible verses with H7250 (râbaʻ)
Râbaʻ appears in 3 verses.
- Leviticus 18:23
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
- Leviticus 19:19
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
- Leviticus 20:16
And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.