Strong's Lexicon

H7239

H7239 — רִבּוֹ רִבּוֹא

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

Hebrewribbownoun femOccurrences: 11TWOT: 2099e

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H7239
Word:רִבּוֹ רִבּוֹא
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H7231
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:11
Transliteration:ribbow
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:rib-bo' (or ribbow {rib-bo'}) n-f.
Meaning:1. a myriad, i.e. indefinitely, large number
KJV Renderings:great things, ten ((eight)-een, (for)-ty, + sixscore, + threescore, X twenty, (twen)-ty) thousand.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7696

רִבּוֺ, רִבּוֺא noun feminine Ezra 2:64 ten thousand, myriad (later (Aramaizing) synonym of foregoing; perhaps for Aramaic רִבּוּ(תׅ, ii. 1, 221 f., but Palmyrene רבו Lzb367); — absolute רִבּוֺ 1Chr 29:7 (twice in verse); Jonah 4:11 (? construct), + construct Hos 8:12 Kt (see below); רִבּוֺא Ezra 2:64 = Neh 7:66; Neh 7:71 (van d. H. Neh 7:72), du רִבֹּתַיִם Ps 68:18 plural רִבּוֺת Neh 7:70 (van d. H. Neh 7:17), רִבֹּאוֺת Ezra 2:69; Dan 11:12 — ten thousand; of person, 4*10,000+200+3*100+60 Ezra 2:64 = Neh 7:66 12*10,000+n. Jonah 4:11 indefinite Dan 11:12 he shall cast down myriads; read רִבּוֺת also Dan 11:41 (for ᵑ0 רַבּוֺת) Kmp Bev Behrm Marti Prince; of things, especially units of value, noun + 10,00 1Chr 29:7, noun + 6*10,000 + 1000 Ezra 2:69 || noun + 2*10000 Neh 7:70; Neh 7:71 (see above); 10,000 + 8*1000 + noun 1Chr 29:7 indefinite רֶכֶב אֱלֹתִים רִבֹּתַיִם Ps 68:18 (|| אלפים); — רִבּוֺ תוֺרָתִי Hos 8:12 ( Kt 10,00[precepts] of my instruction would be only early instance, see רֹב .


BDB9879

רבב (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew I. רבב, רַב, רִבּוֺ).


Other Resources

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

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