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)

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Concordance 211 verses

  1. Deuteronomy 14:24 יִרְבֶּ֨ה

    But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,

  2. Deuteronomy 17:16 יַרְבֶּה־הַרְבּ֣וֹת

    But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

  3. Deuteronomy 17:17 יַרְבֶּה־יַרְבֶּה־

    He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

  4. Deuteronomy 19:6 יִרְבֶּ֥ה

    Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.

  5. Deuteronomy 28:63 וּלְהַרְבּ֣וֹת

    Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

  6. Deuteronomy 30:5 וְהִרְבְּךָ֖

    And the LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers.

  7. Deuteronomy 30:16 וְרָבִ֔יתָ

    For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.

  8. Joshua 13:1 הַרְבֵּֽה־

    Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.

  9. Joshua 22:8 הַרְבֵּ֣ה

    saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”

  10. Joshua 24:3 וָאֶרֶב

    But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,

  11. Judges 9:29 רַבֶּ֥ה

    If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”

  12. Judges 16:24 הִרְבָּ֖ה

    And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”

  13. Judges 20:38 הֶ֕רֶב

    The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,

  14. 1 Samuel 1:12 הִרְבְּתָ֔ה

    As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.

  15. 1 Samuel 2:3 תַּרְבּ֤וּ

    Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.

  16. 1 Samuel 7:2 וַיִּרְבּוּ֙

    And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD.

  17. 1 Samuel 14:30 רָבְתָ֥ה

    How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”

  18. 1 Samuel 26:21 הַרְבֵּ֥ה

    Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”

  19. 2 Samuel 1:4 הַרְבֵּ֞ה

    “What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”

  20. 2 Samuel 8:8 הַרְבֵּ֥ה

    And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

  21. 2 Samuel 12:2 הַרְבֵּ֥ה

    The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,

  22. 2 Samuel 12:30 הַרְבֵּ֥ה

    Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.

  23. 2 Samuel 14:11 מֵהַרְבִּית

    “Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”

  24. 2 Samuel 18:8 וַיֶּ֤רֶב

    The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.

  25. 2 Samuel 22:36 תַּרְבֵּֽנִי׃

    You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.

  26. 1 Kings 4:29 הַרְבֵּ֣ה

    And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.

  27. 1 Kings 4:30 וַתֵּ֙רֶב֙

    Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

  28. 1 Kings 10:10 הַרְבֵּ֥ה

    Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

  29. 1 Kings 10:11 הַרְבֵּ֥ה

    (The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.

  30. 2 Kings 10:18 הַרְבֵּֽה׃

    Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

  31. 2 Kings 21:6 הִרְבָּ֗ה

    He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

  32. 2 Kings 21:16 הַרְבֵּ֣ה

    Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

  33. 1 Chronicles 4:10 וְהִרְבִּ֤יתָ

    And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.

  34. 1 Chronicles 4:27 הִרְבּ֖וּ

    Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.

  35. 1 Chronicles 5:9 רָב֖וּ

    They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.

  36. 1 Chronicles 5:23 רָבֽוּ׃

    Now the people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous. They settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir, also known as Mount Hermon).

  37. 1 Chronicles 7:4 הִרְבּ֥וּ

    In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.

  38. 1 Chronicles 8:40 וּמַרְבִּ֤ים

    The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.

  39. 1 Chronicles 20:2 הַרְבֵּ֥ה

    Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.

  40. 1 Chronicles 23:11 הִרְבּ֣וּ

    Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family and received a single assignment.

  41. 1 Chronicles 23:17 רָב֥וּ

    The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first. Eliezer did not have any other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.

  42. 1 Chronicles 27:23 לְהַרְבּ֥וֹת

    David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

  43. 2 Chronicles 11:12 לְהַרְבֵּ֣ה

    He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

  44. 2 Chronicles 14:13 הַרְבֵּ֥ה

    Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder

  45. 2 Chronicles 16:8 לְהַרְבֵּ֣ה

    Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.

  46. 2 Chronicles 25:9 הַרְבֵּ֥ה

    Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”

  47. 2 Chronicles 31:5 הִרְבּ֤וּ

    As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything.

  48. 2 Chronicles 32:27 הַרְבֵּ֣ה

    Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.

  49. 2 Chronicles 33:6 הִרְבָּ֗ה

    He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

  50. 2 Chronicles 33:23 הִרְבָּ֥ה

    but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.

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