רָבָה

ra.vah

Hebrew H7235 Verb 226 occurrences in 211 verses
רָבָה to multiply

1. be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous

a. (Qal)

1. to become many, become numerous, multiply (of people, animals, things)

2. to be or grow great

b. (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many

c. (Hiphil)

1. to make much, make many, have many

a. to multiply, increase

b. to make much to do, do much in respect of, transgress greatly

c. to increase greatly or exceedingly

2. to make great, enlarge, do much

Aramaic equivalent: re.vah (רְבָה "to grow great" H7236)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 211 verses

  1. Genesis 1:22 וּרְב֗וּיִ֥רֶב

    Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

  2. Genesis 1:28 וּרְב֛וּ

    God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

  3. Genesis 3:16 הַרְבָּ֤האַרְבֶּה֙

    To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

  4. Genesis 7:17 וַיִּרְבּ֣וּ

    For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

  5. Genesis 7:18 וַיִּרְבּ֥וּ

    So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

  6. Genesis 8:17 וְרָב֖וּ

    Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

  7. Genesis 9:1 וּרְב֖וּ

    And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

  8. Genesis 9:7 וּרְב֑וּוּרְבוּ־

    But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

  9. Genesis 15:1 הַרְבֵּ֥ה

    After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”

  10. Genesis 16:10 הַרְבָּ֥האַרְבֶּ֖ה

    Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”

  11. Genesis 17:2 וְאַרְבֶּ֥ה

    I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”

  12. Genesis 17:20 וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֥י

    As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

  13. Genesis 21:20 רֹבֶ֥ה

    And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

  14. Genesis 22:17 וְהַרְבָּ֨האַרְבֶּ֤ה

    I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

  15. Genesis 26:4 וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֤י

    I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

  16. Genesis 26:24 וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֣י

    and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”

  17. Genesis 28:3 וְיַרְבֶּ֑ךָ

    May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

  18. Genesis 34:12 הַרְבּ֨וּ

    Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

  19. Genesis 35:11 וּרְבֵ֔ה

    And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

  20. Genesis 38:12 וַיִּרְבּוּ֙

    After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.

  21. Genesis 41:49 הַרְבֵּ֣ה

    So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.

  22. Genesis 43:34 וַתֵּ֜רֶב

    When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.

  23. Genesis 47:27 וַיִּרְבּ֖וּ

    Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.

  24. Genesis 48:4 וְהִרְבִּיתִ֔ךָ

    and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’

  25. Exodus 1:7 וַיִּרְבּ֥וּ

    but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

  26. Exodus 1:10 יִרְבֶּ֗ה

    Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

  27. Exodus 1:12 יִרְבֶּ֖ה

    But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

  28. Exodus 1:20 וַיִּ֧רֶב

    So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.

  29. Exodus 7:3 וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֧י

    But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

  30. Exodus 11:9 רְב֥וֹת

    The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

  31. Exodus 16:17 הַמַּרְבֶּ֖ה

    So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.

  32. Exodus 16:18 הַמַּרְבֶּ֔ה

    When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.

  33. Exodus 30:15 יַרְבֶּ֗ה

    In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.

  34. Exodus 32:13 אַרְבֶּה֙

    Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”

  35. Exodus 36:5 מַרְבִּ֥ים

    and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”

  36. Leviticus 11:42 מַרְבֵּ֣ה

    Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.

  37. Leviticus 25:16 תַּרְבֶּה֙

    You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.

  38. Leviticus 26:9 וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֖י

    I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.

  39. Numbers 26:54 תַּרְבֶּה֙

    Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one; each tribe is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those registered.

  40. Numbers 33:54 תַּרְבּ֤וּ

    And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.

  41. Numbers 35:8 תַּרְבּ֔וּ

    The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”

  42. Deuteronomy 1:10 הִרְבָּ֣ה

    The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

  43. Deuteronomy 3:5 הַרְבֵּ֥ה

    All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.

  44. Deuteronomy 6:3 תִּרְבּ֖וּן

    Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

  45. Deuteronomy 7:13 וְהִרְבֶּ֑ךָ

    He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.

  46. Deuteronomy 7:22 תִּרְבֶּ֥ה

    The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.

  47. Deuteronomy 8:1 וּרְבִיתֶ֗ם

    You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

  48. Deuteronomy 8:13 יִרְבְּיֻ֔ןיִרְבֶּה־יִרְבֶּֽה׃

    and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,

  49. Deuteronomy 11:21 יִרְבּ֤וּ

    so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

  50. Deuteronomy 13:17 וְהִרְבֶּ֔ךָ

    Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,

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