Rav רַב

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Rav
רַב
Transliterationrav
Strong's numberH7227 (H7227A, H7227B, H7227G)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechnoun
Glossmany
Occurrences454 in 436 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (57)

Rav (Hebrew רַב, Strong's H7227) is a Hebrew noun meaning “many”. It occurs 454 times in 436 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H7227A: many

adj
1) much, many, great
1a) much
1b) many
1c) abounding in
1d) more numerous than
1e) abundant, enough
1f) great
1g) strong
1h) greater than
adv
1i) much, exceedingly

H7227B: chief

captain, chief
Aramaic equivalent: rav.re.van (רַבְרְבָן "noble" H7261)

H7227G: (Sidon) the Great

Combined with tsi.don (צִידוֹן "Sidon" H6721H)
§ captain, chief

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVmany (190), great (118), much (36), captain (24), more (12), long (10), enough (9), multitude (7), mighty (5), greater (4), suffice (3), manifold (3), and 23 other renderings
BSBmany (146), great (45), captain (24), long (11), mighty (8), much (7), abundant (7), large (6), abounding (6), larger (6), enough (5), your great (5), and 128 other renderings

Verses

Rav occurs in 436 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (13): 6:5, 7:11, 13:6, 21:34, 24:25, 25:23, 26:14, 30:43, 33:9, 36:7, 37:34, 45:28, 50:20

Exodus (8): 1:9, 2:23, 5:5, 9:28, 12:38, 19:21, 23:2, 34:6

Leviticus (2): 15:25, 25:51

Numbers (17): 9:19, 11:33, 13:18, 14:18, 16:3, 16:7, 20:11, 20:15, 21:6, 22:3, 22:15, 24:7, 26:54, 26:56, 32:1, 33:54, 35:8

Deuteronomy (20): 1:6, 1:46, 2:1, 2:3, 2:10, 2:21, 3:19, 3:26, 7:1, 7:17, 9:14, 15:6, 20:1, 20:19, 25:3, 26:5, 28:12, 28:38, 31:17, 31:21

Joshua (13): 10:11, 11:4, 11:8, 11:18, 17:14, 17:15, 17:17, 19:9, 19:28, 22:3, 22:8, 23:1, 24:7

Judges (5): 7:2, 7:4, 8:30, 9:40, 16:30

1 Samuel (5): 2:5, 12:17, 14:6, 14:19, 26:13

2 Samuel (8): 3:22, 13:34, 14:2, 15:12, 22:17, 23:20, 24:14, 24:16

1 Kings (12): 2:38, 3:8, 3:11, 4:20, 5:7, 10:2, 11:1, 12:28, 18:1, 18:25, 19:4, 19:7

2 Kings (10): 6:16, 9:22, 12:10, 25:8, 25:10, 25:11, 25:12, 25:15, 25:18, 25:20

1 Chronicles (10): 4:27, 5:22, 7:22, 11:22, 18:8, 21:13, 21:15, 22:8, 24:4, 28:5

2 Chronicles (28): 1:9, 1:11, 13:8, 13:17, 14:11, 14:14, 15:3, 15:5, 17:13, 20:2, 20:12, 20:15, 20:25, 21:3, 21:15, 24:11, 24:25, 25:13, 26:10, 28:8, 28:13, 30:13, 30:17, 30:18, 32:4, 32:7, 32:23, 32:29

Ezra (3): 3:12, 10:1, 10:13

Nehemiah (11): 5:2, 6:18, 7:2, 9:17, 9:19, 9:27, 9:28, 9:30, 9:31, 9:35, 13:26

Esther (7): 1:4, 1:7, 1:8, 1:20, 2:8, 4:3, 8:17

Job (16): 1:3, 4:3, 5:25, 11:19, 16:2, 22:5, 23:14, 30:18, 31:25, 31:34, 32:9, 35:9, 36:18, 36:28, 38:21, 39:11

Psalms (57): 3:1, 3:2, 4:6, 18:16, 19:10, 19:11, 19:13, 22:12, 22:25, 25:11, 29:3, 31:13, 31:19, 32:6, 32:10, 34:19, 35:18, 36:6, 37:16, 40:3, 40:5, 40:9, 40:10, 48:2, 55:18, 56:2, 62:2, 65:9, 68:11, 71:7, 71:20, 77:19, 78:15, 86:5, 86:15, 89:7, 89:50, 93:4, 97:1, 103:8, 106:43, 107:23, 109:30, 110:6, 119:156, 119:157, 119:162, 119:165, 120:6, 123:3, 123:4, 129:1, 129:2, 135:10, 144:7, 145:7, 147:5

Proverbs (19): 7:26, 10:21, 13:7, 14:20, 14:29, 15:6, 15:16, 19:4, 19:6, 19:21, 22:1, 28:2, 28:12, 28:16, 28:20, 28:27, 29:22, 29:26, 31:29

Ecclesiastes (8): 1:18, 2:21, 6:1, 6:3, 7:22, 7:29, 8:6, 10:6

Song of Solomon (1): 8:7

Isaiah (23): 2:3, 2:4, 5:9, 8:7, 8:15, 13:4, 16:14, 17:12, 17:13, 21:7, 23:3, 30:25, 31:1, 42:20, 51:10, 52:14, 52:15, 53:11, 53:12, 54:1, 54:13, 63:1, 63:7

Jeremiah (38): 3:1, 11:15, 12:10, 13:6, 13:9, 16:16, 20:10, 22:8, 25:14, 27:7, 28:8, 32:14, 32:19, 35:7, 36:32, 37:16, 39:9, 39:10, 39:11, 39:13, 40:1, 40:2, 40:5, 41:1, 41:10, 41:12, 43:6, 50:41, 51:13, 51:55, 52:12, 52:14, 52:15, 52:16, 52:19, 52:24, 52:26, 52:30

Lamentations (3): 1:1, 1:22, 3:23

Ezekiel (44): 1:24, 3:6, 12:27, 16:41, 17:5, 17:7, 17:8, 17:9, 17:15, 17:17, 19:10, 22:5, 24:12, 26:3, 26:7, 26:19, 27:3, 27:15, 27:26, 27:33, 31:5, 31:6, 31:7, 31:15, 32:3, 32:9, 32:10, 32:13, 33:24, 37:2, 38:4, 38:6, 38:8, 38:9, 38:15, 38:22, 38:23, 39:27, 43:2, 44:6, 45:9, 47:7, 47:9, 47:10

Daniel (23): 1:3, 8:25, 8:26, 9:18, 9:27, 11:3, 11:5, 11:10, 11:11, 11:13, 11:14, 11:18, 11:26, 11:33, 11:34, 11:39, 11:40, 11:41, 11:44, 12:2, 12:3, 12:4, 12:10

Hosea (3): 3:3, 3:4, 9:7

Joel (4): 2:2, 2:11, 2:13, 3:13

Amos (6): 3:9, 3:15, 5:12, 6:2, 7:4, 8:3

Jonah (3): 1:6, 4:2, 4:11

Micah (6): 4:2, 4:3, 4:11, 4:13, 5:7, 5:8

Nahum (1): 1:12

Habakkuk (3): 2:8, 2:10, 3:15

Zechariah (4): 2:11, 8:20, 8:22, 14:13

Malachi (2): 2:6, 2:8

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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