rab (רַב) — Hebrew word meaning “chief”

רַב

rab

chief

Strong's H7227NounHebrewTWOT 2099a

רַב (rab) is a Hebrew noun meaning chief. It appears 461 times in 35 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7227).

Also rendered

much
many

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2099a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2099a)much, many, great; numerous, abounding in, more numerous than, abundant, enough, exceedingly; abound, captain, elder, full, greatly, increase, manifold, master, mighty, more, multiply, multitude, officer, often, oftentimes…

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

רַב adjective: much, many, great

1.(often opposite מְעַט)
- a.
  - (1)much: of substances
  - (2)especially of collectives, numerous
- b.plural many
- c.רַב as substantive collective person
- d.construct = abounding in
- e.more numerous than
- f.רַב = abundant, enough
- g.as adverb much, exceedingly
2.less often great

Strong's H7227 רַב: abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV:(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(-lent).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2099: רָבַב rābab — be, become, many, much; cast together, increase, multiply by the myriad; be manifold, be more, multiply, ten thousands

See it in Scripture

Genesis 6:5 Exodus 1:9 Leviticus 15:25

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