rav H7227

רַב (rav) means “many” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

רַב Hebrew · H7227 454 tagged occurrences in 436 verses

Pronunciation guide: rab Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7227A

רַב · rav · many

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

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TBESH · H7227B

רַב · rav · chief

captain, chief Aramaic equivalent: rav.re.van (רַבְרְבָן "noble" H7261)

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TBESH · H7227G

רַב · rav · (Sidon) the Great

Combined with tsi.don (צִידוֹן "Sidon" H6721H) § captain, chief

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

by contracted from H7231 (רָבַב); abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

KJV glosses: (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).

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How translators render H7227

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
many	75
and many	21
of many	20
captain	14
great	10
for many	9
the captain	8
much	6
the great	6
a great	5
abounding	5
enough	5
is great	5
a long	4
abundant	4
are many	4
for a long	4
larger	4
the many	4
and a great	3
in the great	3
large	3
of the great	3
plenty	3
to many	3
with great	3
a great deal of	2
a man of many	2
after a long	2
and mighty	2
and numerous	2
as numerous	2
because of the abundant	2
but many	2
has great	2
have many	2
i have had enough	2
long	2
long enough	2
many a time	2
mighty	2
more	2
of great	2
out of deep	2
over many	2
rich	2
so many	2
than great	2
the crowd	2
there was a large amount	2
too many	2
vast	2
weighs heavily	2
with many	2
a great number of	1
a huge	1
a large	1
a larger tribe	1
a long time	1
a vast	1
abounds	1
abundance	1
abundantly	1
against the mighty	1
along with a great number	1
among many	1
amount	1
and	1
and a large	1
and abounding	1
and defender	1
and for a full	1
and for many	1
and great	1
and greater	1
and in your great	1
and kept vast	1
and many countries	1
and many shechemites	1
and more	1
and rich	1
and the great	1
and the older	1
and those who lead many	1
and vast	1
and wide	1
are greater	1
are indeed a vast	1
are more	1
are now numerous	1
are numerous	1
are so numerous	1
as abundant	1
as long as	1
but in your great	1
but many are those	1
but she who has many	1
but the captain	1
chief officers	1
comes much	1
far as greater	1
flowed freely	1
for a large tribe	1
for a long period	1
for a long time	1
for an extended	1
from many	1
from the deep	1
from the great	1
full	1
fully	1
greater	1
has caused many	1
has many	1
have become too numerous	1
have so many	1
her many	1
his vast	1
how many	1
i greatly	1
i will cause many	1
in your great	1
increase	1
increasing	1
is also a great	1
is for many	1
is greatly	1
is too much	1
it concerns the distant	1
its abundant	1
its thick	1
large number of	1
lest many	1
let a large	1
let the distant	1
like great	1
many bones	1
many of them	1
many others	1
many things	1
more numerous	1
more than most	1
multitude	1
my great	1
number of	1
of a great	1
of the mighty	1
of your abundant	1
official	1
on the great	1
on the mighty	1
once so full	1
onto the high	1
or many	1
severely	1
she has brought many	1
she who was great	1
since more	1
so much	1
so that a great amount of	1
so that the mighty	1
still many	1
than much	1
that is enough	1
the abundant	1
the captains	1
the chief	1
the larger	1
the old	1
their abundance	1
then many	1
then the captain	1
there are many	1
there is a greater one	1
there is great	1
there was a wide	1
there was so much	1
there were many	1
through the mighty	1
to a larger clan	1
to great	1
too great	1
too large	1
too long	1
vvv	1
was great	1
were numerous	1
what a great	1
when great	1
whether by many	1
who have taken too much	1
will abound	1
will be many	1
will be too much	1
will have abundant	1
will receive many	1
will suffer from a severe	1
with a mighty	1
with a severe	1
with abundance	1
with immense	1
with the abundant	1
with the great	1
with your great	1
yet has great	1
yet no matter how long	1
you have many	1
you have taken too much	1
your great	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
many	80
great	28
and many	21
much	18
a great	16
of many	16
the captain	15
more	7
for many	6
and of great	5
of great	5
the great	5
a long	4
enough	4
of the great	4
with many	4
and much	3
and plenteous	3
and the captain	3
and the great	3
captain	3
greater	3
in the great	3
it is enough	3
over many	3
unto many	3
abundantly	2
and great	2
but many	2
by great	2
from the great	2
in great	2
is great	2
let it suffice	2
long enough	2
many a time	2
me many	2
me out of many	2
multitude	2
or many	2
than great	2
too much	2
upon many	2
were more	2
who had done many	2
with much	2
yea many	2
yet many	2
a multitude	1
aboundeth in	1
above many	1
abundant	1
after many	1
against me for there were many	1
all great	1
all the mighty	1
also a great	1
among many	1
and a great	1
and a great one	1
and a mighty	1
and abundant	1
and according to thy manifold	1
and by great	1
and great store	1
and greater	1
and had much	1
and he had much	1
and her great	1
and in thy great	1
and increased	1
and it came to pass a long	1
and it came to pass in process	1
and it shall come to pass when many	1
and likewise many	1
and mighty	1
and populous	1
and she that hath many	1
and the elder	1
and the princes	1
and then many	1
and there were more	1
and they that turn many	1
and upon the many	1
and when many	1
and will cause many	1
and with many	1
and with much	1
as many	1
be many	1
be sufficient	1
because of the multitude	1
beside the great	1
besides unto them many	1
between many	1
both against many	1
but for thy great	1
but great	1
but the captain	1
by many	1
by reason of many	1
by these things yet among many	1
common	1
down many	1
for he had many	1
for he had much	1
for it is great	1
for me and many	1
for me many	1
for more	1
for oftentimes	1
for there was exceeding much	1
for thyself long	1
full	1
great men	1
had not many	1
hath long	1
him above these with many	1
him and many	1
him by the great	1
him in great	1
how great	1
i shall not be greatly	1
in abundance	1
in many	1
in multitude	1
increased	1
is exceedingly	1
is greatly	1
it thou greatly	1
it was so much	1
let the multitude	1
like great	1
long	1
many such things	1
many things	1
me great	1
me out of great	1
mighty	1
multiply	1
nevertheless for thy great	1
not to many	1
now also many	1
now for a long	1
of a great	1
of the mighty	1
of thee in the great	1
of this great	1
of thy great	1
on us and the great	1
out of many	1
over this great	1
princes	1
shall abound	1
shall have many	1
so the captain	1
so the shipmaster	1
that had a long	1
that ye have much	1
the master	1
the multitude	1
thee into great	1
them great	1
them unto great	1
them with a great	1
there many	1
there shall many	1
thereof and the great	1
these many	1
this great	1
thou and many	1
to all the officers	1
to many	1
to the more	1
too great	1
too many	1
unto great	1
unto me let it suffice	1
unto them it is too much	1
upon thee and great	1
upon us for we are exceedingly	1
was by great	1
was great	1
was too much	1
with all that great	1
with great	1
with the captain	1
with the great	1
with them much	1
ye have caused many	1
yea i will make many	1
yea than much	1
yet thou in thy manifold	1
your manifold	1

Verses containing H7227

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Deuteronomy 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
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Deuteronomy 15:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.
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Deuteronomy 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
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Deuteronomy 20:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
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Deuteronomy 25:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
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Deuteronomy 26:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
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Deuteronomy 28:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
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Deuteronomy 28:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
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Deuteronomy 31:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
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Deuteronomy 31:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
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Joshua 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
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Joshua 11:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.
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Joshua 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.
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Joshua 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long period of time.
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Joshua 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”
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Joshua 17:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”
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Joshua 17:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You have many people and great strength. You shall not have just one allotment,
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Joshua 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the territory of Judah, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So the Simeonites received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.
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Joshua 19:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
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Joshua 22:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.
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Joshua 22:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.”
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Joshua 23:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
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Joshua 24:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
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Judges 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
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Judges 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
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Judges 8:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
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Judges 9:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.
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Judges 16:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
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1 Samuel 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
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1 Samuel 12:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
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1 Samuel 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”
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1 Samuel 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While Saul was talking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”
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1 Samuel 26:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David crossed to the other side and stood atop the mountain at a distance; there was a wide gulf between them.
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2 Samuel 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Just then David’s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid, bringing with them a great plunder. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, because David had sent him on his way in peace.
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2 Samuel 13:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”
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2 Samuel 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
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2 Samuel 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
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2 Samuel 22:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
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2 Samuel 23:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
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2 Samuel 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
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2 Samuel 24:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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1 Kings 2:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
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1 Kings 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.
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1 Kings 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—
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1 Kings 4:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
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1 Kings 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!”
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1 Kings 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.
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1 Kings 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
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1 Kings 12:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
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1 Kings 18:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
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