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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.