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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2 Chronicles 32:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.
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Ezra 3:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
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Ezra 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
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Ezra 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.
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Nehemiah 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
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Nehemiah 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.
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Nehemiah 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
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Nehemiah 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
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Nehemiah 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
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Nehemiah 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.
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Nehemiah 9:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.
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Nehemiah 9:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
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Nehemiah 9:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
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Nehemiah 9:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
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Nehemiah 13:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
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Esther 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness.
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Esther 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.
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Esther 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.
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Esther 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
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Esther 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.
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Esther 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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Esther 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
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Job 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
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Job 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
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Job 5:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
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Job 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
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Job 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
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Job 22:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
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Job 23:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
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Job 30:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.
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Job 31:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
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Job 31:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
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Job 32:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
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Job 35:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
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Job 36:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
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Job 36:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
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Job 38:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!
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Job 39:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
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Psalms 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
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Source alternate reference: 3.2
Psalms 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah
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Source alternate reference: 3.3
Psalms 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
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Source alternate reference: 4.7
Psalms 18:16 · 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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Source alternate reference: 18.17
Psalms 19:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
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Source alternate reference: 19.11
Psalms 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.
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Source alternate reference: 19.12
Psalms 19:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.
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Source alternate reference: 19.14
Psalms 22:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
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Source alternate reference: 22.13
Psalms 22:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.
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Source alternate reference: 22.26
Psalms 25:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
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Psalms 29:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.
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Psalms 31:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
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Source alternate reference: 31.14

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