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רַב H7227
H7227 is the Hebrew word רַב, transliterated rab and said rab. The King James Version most often renders it many.
What it means
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality).
Where it comes from
by contracted from H7231 (רָבַב).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 339 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Verses using רַב
The first 40 of 424 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 6:5 · KJV
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 7:11 · KJV
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Genesis 13:6 · KJV
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Genesis 18:20 · KJV
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Genesis 21:34 · KJV
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.
Genesis 24:25 · KJV
She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
Genesis 25:23 · KJV
And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Genesis 26:14 · KJV
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 30:43 · KJV
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 33:9 · KJV
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
Genesis 36:7 · KJV
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
Genesis 37:34 · KJV
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Genesis 45:28 · KJV
And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
Genesis 50:20 · KJV
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Exodus 1:9 · KJV
And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
Exodus 2:23 · KJV
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Exodus 5:5 · KJV
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
Exodus 9:28 · KJV
Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
Exodus 12:38 · KJV
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
Exodus 19:21 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
Exodus 23:2 · KJV
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Exodus 34:6 · KJV
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Leviticus 15:25 · KJV
And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.
Leviticus 25:51 · KJV
If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
Numbers 9:19 · KJV
And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
Numbers 11:33 · KJV
And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
Numbers 14:18 · KJV
The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Numbers 16:3 · KJV
And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
Numbers 16:7 · KJV
And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
Numbers 20:11 · KJV
And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
Numbers 20:15 · KJV
How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
Numbers 21:6 · KJV
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
Numbers 22:3 · KJV
And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
Numbers 22:15 · KJV
And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
Numbers 24:7 · KJV
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
Numbers 26:54 · KJV
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
Numbers 26:56 · KJV
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
Numbers 32:1 · KJV
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
Numbers 33:54 · KJV
And ye shall divide the land 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 inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
Numbers 35:8 · KJV
And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7227 mean?
H7227 is the Hebrew word רַב (rab), meaning abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality).
How is H7227 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it many (147 times), great (96 times), much (29 times), captain (24 times), more (12 times), among others.
How many times does H7227 appear in the Bible?
רַב (rab) is tagged in 424 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7227 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: by contracted from H7231 (רָבַב).
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