BDB7694
רב151 noun masculine Job 11:2 multitude, abundance, greatness; — absolute ׳ ר Gen 16:10 +, רוֺב 1Chr 4:38; 2Chr 31:10 + Job 33:19 Qr ( Kt ריב); construct רֹב Exod 15:7 + ( רֹבֿ Job 37:23 Baer Gi), רָבֿ Job 23:6 +; 2Kgs 19:23 and plural construct רֻבֵּי Hos 8:12 see below;
1.
multitude (c. 125 t.): of person Hos 10:13; Prov 14:28; Prov 20:6; Esth 10:3 +; of things Isa 1:11; Isa 47:12;
Ezek 27:18
; Lev 27:16
; Prov
10:19; Job
11:2 +; = great quantity, abundance
Gen 27:28;
Hos 9:7 + often (
2Kgs 19:23
Qr
[= Isa
37:24
Kt
], >
Kt
רכב; 2Chr 24:27
Kt
ורב >
Qr
יִרֶב), + (of time) רֹב שָׁנִים
Job 32:8 (
Gi; Job 32:7
van d. H., Baer),
בְּרֹב
יָמִים
Eccl 11:1 =
whole number (of bones) Job 4:14; Job 33:19 (
Qr
;
Kt
ריב); especially לָרֹב
in respect of, for, multitude, in simile, like sand, stars, etc., Josh 11:4 (
J
E
), 1Sam 13:5
; 2Sam
17:11 +10 t.; = abundantly, with verb (= הַרְבֵּה) Gen 30:30 (
J
), Gen
48:16 (
E
), 1Kgs
1:19;
1Kgs 1:25; 1Kgs 10:10 usually late Neh 9:25; Job 26:3; Zech 14:14; 1Chr 4:30; 2Chr 9:9 (|| הַרְבֵּה
1Kgs 10:10
) + 23 t. Chronicles; as predicate with הָיָה
1Chr 22:14
= in great numbers, 2Chr 30:5; 2Chr 30:24 nearly = adjective (c.substantive; =
רַב) 2Chr
9:1 (|| רַב
1Kgs 10:2),
1Kgs 16:8;
1Kgs 24:24
;
1Kgs 30:13
מֵרֹב
from multitude of, Deut 7:7; Deut 28:47 + 14 t.; absolute from (for
) mult.
1Kgs 7:47;
Gen 16:10;
Gen 32:13 (
J
), 1Kgs 3:8
; 1Kgs 8:5
= 2Chr 5:6.
2.
greatness (c. 26 t.): שִׂיחִי
׳
מֵר
1Sam 1:16,
רֹב חַסְרֶּ֑ךָ
Neh 13:22;
Ps 5:8; Ps 69:14,
compare Ps
106:45, כֹּחַ
׳
ר
Isa 63:1; Job 23:6; Job 30:18;
Ps 33:16,
etc.; read רֹב probably also (for דַב) Isa 63:7; Ps 145:7 = length of
journey (compare verb Josh 9:13) בְּרֹב דַּרְכֵךְ
Isa 57:10;
Hos 8:12
Qr
רֻבֵּי תוֺרָתִי = greatnesses [great things], or numerous
things of my law, but form dubious read perhaps רֹב תּוֺרֹתַי (sub 1
), so We (compare
ᵐ5
); Gr and others דִּבְרֵי; >
Kt
רבו, see
רִבּוֺ
. — Lev
25:16; Deut 7:7
; Hos 4:7
see √