Strong H7227H7227Bרַב

chief

One of the 3 senses of Strong H7227

Transliteration
rab
Pronunciation
rab
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

captain, chief
Aramaic equivalent: rav.re.van (רַבְרְבָן "noble" H7261)

General definition

By contraction from H7231; abundant (in {quantity} {size} {age} {number} {rank} quality): - (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 (-ient).

In the Bible

Strong H7227B appears in 28 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • captain24
  • prince2
  • master1
  • officer1
  • shipmaster1

First verses

  1. 2 Kings 25:8
    And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
  2. 2 Kings 25:10
    And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
  3. 2 Kings 25:11
    Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carry away.
  4. 2 Kings 25:12
    But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
  5. 2 Kings 25:15
    And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
  6. 2 Kings 25:18
    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
  7. 2 Kings 25:20
    And Nebuzar–adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
  8. Esther 1:8
    And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.
  9. Jeremiah 39:9
    Then Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.
  10. Jeremiah 39:10
    But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
  11. Jeremiah 39:11
    Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard, saying,
  12. Jeremiah 39:13
    So Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab–saris, and Nergal–sharezer, Rab–mag, and all the king of Babylon’s princes;
  13. Jeremiah 40:1
    The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after that Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.
  14. Jeremiah 40:2
    And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
  15. Jeremiah 40:5
    Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
  16. Jeremiah 41:1
    Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
  17. Jeremiah 41:10
    Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
  18. Jeremiah 43:6
    Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
  19. Jeremiah 52:12
    Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
  20. Jeremiah 52:14
    And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
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