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H7237

H7237 — רַבָּה

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

HebrewRabbahName/l.Occurrences: 15

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7237
Word:	רַבָּה
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	feminine of H7227
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	15
Transliteration:	Rabbah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	rab-baw'
Meaning:	1. great 2. Rabbah, the name of two places in Israel, East and West
KJV Renderings:	Rabbah, Rabbath.

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BDB7046

צִידוֺן and (Gen 10:15; Gen 10:19; Gen 49:3) צִידֹן proper name [of a location] Sidon, Σιδων, ancient Phoenician city, on coast north of Tyre (in Assyrian ‚idum( n)u, COT^Gloss; Tel Amarna ‚iduna , Phoenician צדן, Old Aramaic צידן; in Egyptian D±-(d)u-na , WMM^As.u.Eur.184); — 'first-born' of Canaan Gen 10:15 = 1Chr 1:13 northern limit of Canaanite Gen 10:19, compare Gen 49:13 defined as רַבָּה ׳ צ Josh 11:8 (so Josh 19:28 below); also Judg 1:31 ; Judg 10:6 ( ׳ אֱהֵֹי צ), Judg 18:28; 1Kgs 17:9 named with Tyre Josh 19:28 (compare Josh 19:29), 2Sam 24:6 (compare 2Sam 24:7), Isa 23:2; Isa 23:4 and ׳ בְּתוּלַת בַּתצֿ Isa 23:12 (compare Isa 23:5 etc.), Jer 25:22; Jer 27:3; Jer 47:4; Ezek 27:8; Ezek 28:21; Ezek 28:22 (compare Ezek 28:2 Ezek 28:12), Zech 9:2; Joel 4:4. — See Pietschm^{Phöniz. 54 ff.} Prutz^{Aus Phönicien (1876), 98
ff.} Rob^{BR ii.478 ff.} de Luynes^{Voyage à la mer Morte i 18 ff.,
and Plural vi-xi.} Bd^{Pal 3 (1898), 313 ff.}

BDB7693

רַבָּה proper name [of a location] Rabba (properly great or populous, that is, city); —

1. capital of Ammonites: explicitly, רַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמּוֺן 2Sam 12:26; 2Sam 12:27; 2Sam 17:27; Deut 3:11; Jer 49:2; Ezek 21:25 רַבָּה alone 2Sam 11:1 || 1Chr 20:1 (twice in verse), Amos 1:14; Jer 49:3; Ezek 25:5; Josh 13:25 ( P ); with ה locative רַבָּ֑תָה 2Sam 12:29 in Greek Period Philadelphia, Lag^{onom 215, 94; 219,
82} (but Ραββατμανα Polyb^{v. 71.4}), modern Ammâ 13 1/2 miles northeast from Heshbon, 28 1/2 miles east of Jordan; compare Buhl^Geogr.260;- ᵐ5 Ραββαθ, Ραββα

2. הָרַבָּה city in Judah Josh 15:60 ( P ), site unknown; — ᵐ5 Σωθηβα, A ᵐ5 ^L Αρεββα.

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