Strong H7231רָבַב

to multiply

Transliteration: râbab
Pronunciation: raw-bab'
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; properly to cast together (compare {H7241 }) that {is} {increase } especially in number; also (as denominative from H7233) to multiply by the myriad: - {increase} be many ({-ifold}) be {more} {multiply} ten thousands.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: to multiply

Exact lexical definition: be many

Part of speech: verb

BDB context: [ רָבַב ] vb . be or become , many , much

In the Bible

Strong H7231 appears in 17 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

be8
multiply4
increase3
manifold1
thousand1

First verses

Genesis 6:1
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
1 Samuel 25:10
And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
Job 35:6
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
Psalms 3:1
Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
Psalms 4:7
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
Psalms 25:19
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
Psalms 38:19
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Psalms 69:4
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
Psalms 104:24
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Psalms 144:13
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
Ecclesiastes 5:11
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Isaiah 22:9
Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
Isaiah 59:12
For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
Isaiah 66:16
For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.
Jeremiah 5:6
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Jeremiah 14:7
O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
Jeremiah 46:23
They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.

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