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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Proverbs 15:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The house of the righteous has great treasure, but the income of the wicked is trouble.
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Proverbs 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
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Proverbs 19:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
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Proverbs 19:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
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Proverbs 19:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
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Proverbs 22:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
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Proverbs 28:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
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Proverbs 28:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
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Proverbs 28:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.
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Proverbs 28:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
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Proverbs 28:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
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Proverbs 29:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
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Proverbs 29:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.
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Proverbs 31:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”
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Ecclesiastes 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
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Ecclesiastes 2:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
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Ecclesiastes 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
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Ecclesiastes 6:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
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Ecclesiastes 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
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Ecclesiastes 7:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
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Ecclesiastes 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
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Ecclesiastes 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.
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Song of Solomon 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
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Isaiah 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
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Isaiah 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
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Isaiah 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
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Isaiah 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
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Isaiah 13:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
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Isaiah 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
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Isaiah 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.
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Isaiah 17:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
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Isaiah 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”
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Isaiah 23:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.
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Isaiah 30:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
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Isaiah 31:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
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Isaiah 42:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”
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Isaiah 51:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
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Isaiah 52:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
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Isaiah 52:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
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Isaiah 53:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
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Isaiah 53:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
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Isaiah 54:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
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Isaiah 54:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
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Isaiah 63:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
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Isaiah 63:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
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Jeremiah 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom? When you are wicked, then you rejoice.
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Jeremiah 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
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Jeremiah 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”
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