Strong's Lexicon

H4768

H4768 — מַרבִּיתּ

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

Hebrewmarbiythnoun femOccurrences: 5TWOT: 2103d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4768
Word:מַרבִּיתּ
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H7235
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:5
Transliteration:marbiyth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mar-beeth'
Meaning:1. a multitude 2. also offspring 3. specifically interest (on capital)
KJV Renderings:greatest part, greatness, increase, multitude.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7711

מַרְבִּית noun feminine increase, great number, greatness; — ׳ מ absolute Lev 25:37 construct 1Sam 2:33 + 2t.; suffix מַרְבִּיתָם 1Chr 12:30 ( van d. H. v.1Chr 12:29); —

1. increase, concrete:
a. of family 1Sam 2:33.
b. increment, interest, usury, Lev 25:37 ( H ; of food-stuffs, || נֶשֶׁךְ, of money; ׳ מ of money Egyptian Aramaic, opposed to ראש principal, CookeNorth-Semitic Inscr. 404 ).
2. great number: of people 2Chr 30:18 with suffix = the greater part of them, 1Chr 12:30 (see above).
3. greatness, of wisdom 2Chr 9:6.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מרבית (mar-beeth’)

Leviticus 25:37

KJV: Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
EHCC: nor lend him thy victuals for increase,

2 Chronicles 9:6

KJV: Howbeit 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.
EHCC: the greatness of thoy wisdom -
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