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:
Ezekiel 36:10: " And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities"
Ezekiel 36:11: " And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates,"
Ezekiel 36:11: "upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better"
Ezekiel 36:29: "your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine"
Ezekiel 36:30: " And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that"
Ezekiel 36:37: "by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock."
Ezekiel 37:26: "covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore."
Daniel 11:39: "a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,"
Daniel 12:4: "many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."
Hosea 2:8: "her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal."
Hosea 8:11: "Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin."
Hosea 8:14: "and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire"
Hosea 10:1: "fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly"
Hosea 12:1: "and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make"
Hosea 12:10: "by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets."
Amos 4:4: "to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning,"
Amos 4:9: "and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned"
Jonah 4:11: "that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand"
Nahum 3:16: " Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away."
Habakkuk 2:6: "proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth"
Haggai 1:6: "Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink,"
Haggai 1:9: "Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow"
Zechariah 10:8: "for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased."
Zechariah 10:8: "I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased."
