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 4 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.

Ecclesiastes 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
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Ecclesiastes 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
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Ecclesiastes 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
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Ecclesiastes 11:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
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Ecclesiastes 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
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Ecclesiastes 12:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.
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Isaiah 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
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Isaiah 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
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Source alternate reference: 9.2
Isaiah 23:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
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Isaiah 30:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
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Isaiah 40:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
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Isaiah 51:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
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Isaiah 55:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
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Isaiah 57:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
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Jeremiah 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
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Jeremiah 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.
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Jeremiah 23:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
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Jeremiah 29:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
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Jeremiah 30:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.
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Jeremiah 33:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”
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Jeremiah 40:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
they all returned from all the places to which they had been banished and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered an abundance of wine grapes and summer fruit.
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Jeremiah 42:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
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Jeremiah 46:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
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Jeremiah 46:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’
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Lamentations 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
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Lamentations 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You summoned my terrors on every side, as for the day of an appointed feast. In the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared.
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Ezekiel 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.
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Ezekiel 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.
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Ezekiel 16:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.
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Ezekiel 16:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.
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Ezekiel 16:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!
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Ezekiel 16:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.
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Ezekiel 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
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Ezekiel 21:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.
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Ezekiel 22:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
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Ezekiel 23:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of Egypt
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Ezekiel 24:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.
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Ezekiel 28:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
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Ezekiel 31:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.
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Ezekiel 36:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
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Ezekiel 36:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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Ezekiel 36:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
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Ezekiel 36:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.
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Ezekiel 36:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
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Ezekiel 37:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.
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Daniel 11:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.
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Daniel 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
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Hosea 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
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Source alternate reference: 2.10
Hosea 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.
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Hosea 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
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