Strong's Lexicon

H4342

H4342 — מַכבִּיר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmakbiyrv-xxp.Occurrences: 1TWOT: 947

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4342
Word:מַכבִּיר
Part of Speech:v-xxp.
Etymology:transitive participle of H3527
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:makbiyr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mak-beer'
Meaning:1. plenty
KJV Renderings:abundance.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3899

I. [כָּבַר] verb be much, many (Assyrian kabâru , be great, mighty; kabru , great, huge; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2426] be great, in body, rank, or age, [untranscribed source text 2427] great, noble, aged; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2428] be honoured, magnified; [untranscribed source text 2429] honoured, glorious; Sabean epithet כבר HalEt. Sab. JAs Dec. 1874, No. 90; Syriac [untranscribed source text 2430], [untranscribed source text 2431] for Hebrew רָבָה, הִרְבָּה, [untranscribed source text 2432] (rare) much; Zinjirli be abundant, numerous) —

Hiph`il (only Elihu) make many, Job 35:16 בִּבְלִי דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּר (compare וְיֶרֶב אֲמָרָיו Job 34:37) > make great, BuBeitr. 138, comparing Job 8:2 מַכְבִּיר with the force of a substantive (Ew§ 160 c ) Job 36:31 לְמַכְֶבִּיר יתן אכל giveth food in abundance (= prose לָרֹב, e.g. 2Chr 11:23).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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