Strong's Lexicon

H7229

H7229 — רַב

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

AramaicrabadjectiveOccurrences: 15TWOT: 2984a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H7229
Word:רַב
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:(Aramaic) corresponding to H7227
Language:Aramaic
Occurrences:15
Transliteration:rab
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:rab
Meaning:1. captain, chief, great, lord, master, stout
KJV Renderings:Not listed

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רַב adjective great ( ᵑ7 Syriac); — absolute Dan 2:31 +, construct Dan 2:14 +; emphatic masculine רַבָּא Ezra 4:10 +; feminine רַבְּתָא Dan 4:27 masculine plural redupl. רַבְרְבִין (K§ 59, 4) Dan 3:33, feminine plural בָן- Dan 2:48 +, emphatic ָ֯ תָא Dan 7:11; Dan 7:17

1. great, literally, of image Dan 2:31, rock Dan 2:35, city Dan 4:27, sea Dan 7:2, beast Dan 7:3 Dan 7:17, teeth Dan 7:7, gifts Dan 2:48 great, imposing, feast Dan 5:1, signs Dan 3:33, words Dan 7:8; Dan 7:11; Dan 7:20 with מִן compare Dan 7:20.
2. figurative of power, influence, etc.: great king Dan 2:10; Ezra 4:10; Ezra 5:11 (compare Zinjirli מלכן רברבן Cooke183), God Ezra 5:8; Dan 2:45.
3. as noun = captain, chief: רַב טַבָּחַיָּא Dan 2:14, סִגְנִין ׳ ר Dan 2:48, חַרְטֻמַּיָּא ׳ ר Dan 4:6; Dan 5:11.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ארבעה (ar-bah-gah’)

Ezra 6:17

KJV: And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
EHCC: four hundred lambs;

Daniel 3:25

KJV: He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.they…: Chaldee, there is no hurt in them
EHCC: Lo, I see four men loose, walking

Daniel 7:2

KJV: Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
EHCC: pd pad winds of the heaven strove
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