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:
Deuteronomy 7:22: "them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon"
Deuteronomy 8:1: "to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land"
Deuteronomy 8:13: "And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that"
Deuteronomy 8:13: "multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;"
Deuteronomy 8:13: "is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;"
Deuteronomy 11:21: "That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which"
Deuteronomy 13:17: "from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn"
Deuteronomy 14:24: "And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry"
Deuteronomy 17:16: "But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return"
Deuteronomy 17:16: "to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth"
Deuteronomy 17:17: "Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly"
Deuteronomy 17:17: "turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold."
Deuteronomy 19:6: "is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not"
Deuteronomy 28:63: "rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice"
Deuteronomy 30:5: "possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers."
Deuteronomy 30:16: "and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land"
Joshua 13:1: "in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed."
Joshua 22:8: "and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies"
Joshua 24:3: "and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave"
Judges 9:29: "Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out."
Judges 16:24: "and the destroyer of our country, which slew many"
Judges 20:38: "between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of"
1 Samuel 1:12: "And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked"
1 Samuel 2:3: "Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth:"
1 Samuel 7:2: "the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years:"
1 Samuel 14:30: "of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater"
1 Samuel 26:21: "day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly."
2 Samuel 1:4: "are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen"
2 Samuel 8:8: "of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass."
2 Samuel 12:2: "The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:"
2 Samuel 12:30: "And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance."
2 Samuel 14:11: "suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said,"
2 Samuel 18:8: "the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword"
2 Samuel 22:36: "me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great."
1 Kings 4:29: "wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that"
1 Kings 4:30: "And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country,"
1 Kings 10:10: "of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no"
1 Kings 10:11: "from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees,"
2 Kings 10:18: "a little; but Jehu shall serve him much."
2 Kings 21:6: "with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger."
2 Kings 21:16: "innocent blood very much, till he had filled"
1 Chronicles 4:10: "saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand"
1 Chronicles 4:27: "children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah."
1 Chronicles 5:9: "Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead."
1 Chronicles 5:23: "dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalath-hermon"
1 Chronicles 7:4: "and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons."
1 Chronicles 8:40: "men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons,"
1 Chronicles 20:2: "in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out"
1 Chronicles 23:11: "the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one"
1 Chronicles 23:17: "sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many."
