Strong's #7235: rabah (pronounced raw-baw')
a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect):--(bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
râbâh
1) be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to become many, become numerous, multiply (of people, animals, things)
1a2) to be or grow great
1b) (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make much, make many, have many
1c1a) to multiply, increase
1c1b) to make much to do, do much in respect of, transgress greatly
1c1c) to increase greatly or exceedingly
1c2) to make great, enlarge, do much
2) (Qal) to shoot
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2103, 2104
Usage:
This word is used 224 times:
Genesis 1:22: "blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas,"
Genesis 1:22: "the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth."
Genesis 1:28: "them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue"
Genesis 3:16: "Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow"
Genesis 3:16: "the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth"
Genesis 7:17: "upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up"
Genesis 7:18: "And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went"
Genesis 8:17: "the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth."
Genesis 9:1: "and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth."
Genesis 9:7: "And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply"
Genesis 9:7: "and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply"
Genesis 15:1: "I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward."
Genesis 16:10: "And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not"
Genesis 16:10: "And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not"
Genesis 17:2: "And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly."
Genesis 17:20: "thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve"
Genesis 21:20: "and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer."
Genesis 22:17: "That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars"
Genesis 22:17: "in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven,"
Genesis 26:4: "And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed"
Genesis 26:24: "I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant"
Genesis 28:3: "Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;"
Genesis 34:12: " Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say"
Genesis 35:11: "am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be"
Genesis 38:12: " And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah"
Genesis 41:49: "as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for"
Genesis 43:34: "them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as"
Genesis 47:27: "of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly."
Genesis 48:4: "unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give"
Exodus 1:7: "of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land"
Exodus 1:10: "Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war,"
Exodus 1:12: "But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because"
Exodus 1:20: "dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty."
Exodus 7:3: "Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land"
Exodus 11:9: "unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."
Exodus 16:17: "did so, and gathered, some more, some less."
Exodus 16:18: "And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack;"
Exodus 30:15: "The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half"
Exodus 32:13: "thou sworest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven,"
Exodus 36:5: "saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work,"
Leviticus 11:42: "upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep"
Leviticus 25:16: "According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years"
Leviticus 26:9: "For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant"
Numbers 26:54: "To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance"
Numbers 33:54: "by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less"
Numbers 35:8: "of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from"
Deuteronomy 1:10: "The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude."
Deuteronomy 3:5: "unwalled towns a great many."
Deuteronomy 6:3: "it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God"
Deuteronomy 7:13: "And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land,"
