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רָבַע H7251
H7251 is the Hebrew word רָבַע, transliterated râbaʻ and said raw-bah'. The King James Version most often renders it foursquare.
What it means
to be quadrate.
Where it comes from
a primitive root (rather identical with H7250 (רָבַע) through the idea of sprawling 'at all fours' (or possibly the reverse is the order of deriv.); compare H702 (אַרְבַּע)); properly, to be four (sided); used only as denominative of H7253 (רֶבַע).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 12 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: (four-) square(-d).
Verses using רָבַע
All 12 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 27:1 · KJV
And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.
Exodus 28:16 · KJV
Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
Exodus 30:2 · KJV
A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.
Exodus 37:25 · KJV
And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
Exodus 38:1 · KJV
And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
Exodus 39:9 · KJV
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
1 Kings 7:5 · KJV
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
1 Kings 7:31 · KJV
And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.
Ezekiel 40:47 · KJV
So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
Ezekiel 41:21 · KJV
The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.
Ezekiel 43:16 · KJV
And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
Ezekiel 45:2 · KJV
Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7251 mean?
H7251 is the Hebrew word רָבַע (râbaʻ), meaning to be quadrate.
How is H7251 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it foursquare (6 times), square (2 times), thereof foursquare (1 time), thereof it was foursquare (1 time), squared (1 time), among others.
How many times does H7251 appear in the Bible?
רָבַע (râbaʻ) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7251 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root (rather identical with H7250 (רָבַע) through the idea of sprawling 'at all fours' (or possibly the reverse is the order of deriv.); compare H702 (אַרְבַּע)); properly, to be four (sided); used only as denominative of H7253 (רֶבַע).
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