ra.vah H7235

רָבָה (ra.vah) means “to multiply” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

רָבָה Hebrew · H7235 227 tagged occurrences in 212 verses

Pronunciation guide: raw-baw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7235A

רָבָה · ra.vah · to multiply

1) be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to become many, become numerous, multiply (of people, animals, things) 1a2) to be or grow great 1b) (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make much, make many, have many 1c1a) to multiply, increase 1c1b) to make much to do, do much in respect of, transgress greatly 1c1c) to increase greatly or exceedingly 1c2) to make great, enlarge, do much Aramaic equivalent: re.vah (רְבָה "to grow great" H7236)

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TBESH · H7235B

רָבָה · ra.vah · to shoot

(Qal) to shoot

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect)

KJV glosses: (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), [idiom] process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.

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How translators render H7235

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
and multiply	19
multiplied	6
great	5
more	5
much	5
and multiply you	4
many	4
as numerous	3
increase	3
you have multiplied	3
a great	2
a great amount	2
an abundance	2
and i will multiply	2
exalts me	2
flourish	2
greatly	2
has multiplied	2
i will multiply	2
increases	2
may be multiplied	2
multiply	2
the more	2
the more they multiplied	2
will be multiplied	2
you multiply	2
a great amount of	1
a great cargo	1
a great number of	1
a great quantity of	1
a long	1
a lot	1
a wealth	1
accumulate	1
acquire many	1
acquire more	1
after a long	1
amount	1
and enlarge	1
and grow up	1
and have committed a grave	1
and i multiplied	1
and increase	1
and increased	1
and increases	1
and make it plentiful	1
and many	1
and much	1
and multiplied	1
and multiplied him	1
and multiplies	1
and reared	1
and rise	1
and there is so much	1
and they had many	1
and they multiply	1
and they will be as numerous	1
and they will multiply	1
and though i will multiply	1
and use an abundance	1
and very many	1
and will greatly	1
are higher than	1
are many	1
be excessively	1
become as numerous	1
boast	1
by lavish	1
deep	1
demand	1
do you gain	1
even more	1
from increasing	1
generously provided	1
give a larger	1
give more	1
grow large	1
had increased	1
hannah kept on	1
have been much greater	1
have many	1
he has multiplied	1
he multiplies	1
he often	1
he who gathered much	1
he who increases	1
he will freely	1
i will fill	1
i will greatly multiply	1
i will multiply them	1
i will sharply increase	1
in abundance	1
in number	1
in such abundance	1
in your growing	1
increased	1
is great	1
is greater	1
is multiplied	1
is too great	1
its abundant	1
larger than	1
many more	1
more from	1
more than	1
much more	1
multiplies	1
muster	1
numerous	1
of many	1
of the many	1
overly	1
pile on	1
plentiful	1
rose	1
sent many	1
she reared	1
sing many	1
so do many	1
so much	1
so you extended	1
take many	1
the more he increased	1
they continue	1
they had many	1
they multiplied	1
they once were	1
they will increase even more	1
they would outnumber	1
thrive	1
to enrich	1
to him who amasses	1
too much	1
was greater than	1
wash me clean	1
were numerous	1
who lavished	1
will be many	1
will he beg	1
will i multiply	1
will increase	1
will multiply	1
with increasing	1
with many	1
with much	1
with plenty of	1
would multiply	1
yet she multiplied	1
you and multiply	1
you grew up	1
you have enlarged	1
you have increased	1
you multiplied	1
you shall increase	1
you try many	1
you will increase	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
much	18
and multiply	14
many	10
multiply	6
and multiplied	5
increase	5
and i will multiply	4
increaseth	3
and many	2
and much	2
be multiplied	2
exceedingly	2
great	2
hath made me great	2
hath multiplied	2
increased	2
may be multiplied	2
more	2
shall be multiplied	2
thee and multiply	2
thou hast multiplied	2
thou shalt increase	2
were multiplied	2
abundance	1
against me and increasest	1
also i had great	1
also is full	1
also multipliedst	1
among us and multiplieth	1
and all that thou hast is multiplied	1
and became an archer	1
and brought up	1
and didst increase	1
and dost not increase	1
and enlarge	1
and had many	1
and hast increased	1
and hath increased	1
and i have multiplied	1
and i shall multiply	1
and i will make	1
and in process	1
and increase	1
and it came to pass as she continued	1
and it shall come to pass when ye be multiplied	1
and it yieldeth much	1
and made them exceeding	1
and multiplieth	1
and take thee much	1
and the greatness	1
and they shall increase	1
and thou hast increased	1
and to multiply	1
and took great	1
and were increased	1
and will increase	1
and will multiply	1
any more	1
are in authority	1
are increased	1
are multiplied	1
as they have increased	1
ask	1
be not over much	1
be too long	1
between me and thee and will multiply	1
but he shall not multiply	1
but thou hast multiplied	1
excelled	1
for had there not been now a much greater	1
for he shall not much	1
for he will abundantly	1
for much	1
for them i will increase	1
for they had many	1
for they shall be many	1
for we are many	1
from you yea when ye make many	1
great store	1
had great	1
had not many	1
hast thou increased	1
hath made many	1
he hath increased	1
he increaseth	1
he made many	1
he that gathered much	1
he would increase	1
heap	1
him and increased	1
him much	1
i will greatly	1
i will multiply	1
in abundance	1
is greater	1
is increased	1
is long	1
is multiplied	1
me throughly	1
more and more	1
much more	1
multiplied	1
neither shall he multiply	1
no more	1
not yea many a time	1
of many	1
or much	1
or whatsoever hath more	1
over much	1
plenteous	1
plenty	1
shall be increased	1
shall be many	1
shall increase	1
shall not give more	1
shalt thou use many	1
she nourished	1
sing many	1
so much as	1
so will i multiply	1
some more	1
sore	1
store	1
that increase	1
that they should make a great	1
that ye may be increased	1
thee and in multiplying	1
thee much more	1
them also so that they are multiplied	1
them and multiply	1
them and they shall increase	1
them they are more in number	1
they grow up	1
they have made her many	1
they increased	1
they multiplied	1
thou hast moreover multiplied	1
thou shalt give the more	1
though thou givest many	1
to him that increaseth	1
to increase	1
to multiply	1
to the end that he should multiply	1
unto her i will multiply	1
unto them i will multiply	1
upon thee and multiply	1
very	1
was long	1
will he make many	1
with thee and that ye may increase	1
with them lest they multiply	1
ye have multiplied	1
ye shall give many	1
ye shall give the more	1
yet she multiplied	1

Verses containing H7235

Page 2 of 5. 212 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Deuteronomy 14:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
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Deuteronomy 17:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.’
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Deuteronomy 17:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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Deuteronomy 19:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Deuteronomy 28:63 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Deuteronomy 30:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Deuteronomy 30:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Joshua 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Joshua 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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 24:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
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Judges 9:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”
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Judges 16:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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Judges 20:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
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1 Samuel 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.
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1 Samuel 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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 mournfully sought the LORD.
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1 Samuel 14:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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?”
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1 Samuel 26:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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!”
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2 Samuel 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.”
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2 Samuel 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
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2 Samuel 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,
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2 Samuel 12:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Samuel 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.”
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2 Samuel 18:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
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2 Samuel 22:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
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1 Kings 4:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
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Source alternate reference: 5.9
1 Kings 4:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
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Source alternate reference: 5.10
1 Kings 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
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1 Kings 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.
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2 Kings 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
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2 Kings 21:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Kings 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Chronicles 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Chronicles 4:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Chronicles 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Chronicles 5:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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).
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1 Chronicles 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.
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1 Chronicles 8:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Chronicles 20:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Chronicles 23:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Chronicles 23:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first. Eliezer did not have any other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.
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1 Chronicles 27:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Chronicles 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
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2 Chronicles 14:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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
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Source alternate reference: 14.12
2 Chronicles 16:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Chronicles 24:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The accounts of the sons of Joash and the many pronouncements about him, and of the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
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2 Chronicles 25:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the troops of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”
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2 Chronicles 31:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Chronicles 32:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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2 Chronicles 33:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-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.
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