Strong H4768מַרְבִּית
greatness
- Transliteration
- marbîyth
- Pronunciation
- mar-beeth'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From H7235; a multitude; also offspring; specifically interest (on capital): - greatest {part} {greatness} {increase} multitude.
Detailed definition
1) increase, great number, multitude, greatness
1a) increase
1a1) of family
1a2) increment, interest, usury
1b) great number (of people)
1c) greatness (of wisdom)
1a) increase
1a1) of family
1a2) increment, interest, usury
1b) great number (of people)
1c) greatness (of wisdom)
In the Bible
Strong H4768 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- increase2
- greatest1
- greatness1
- multitude1
First verses
- Leviticus 25:37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
- 1 Samuel 2:33And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
- 1 Chronicles 12:29And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
- 2 Chronicles 9:6Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
- 2 Chronicles 30:18For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one