Raviv רְבִיבִים
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| רְבִיבִים | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | raviv |
| Strong's number | H7241 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | shower |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (2) |
Raviv (Hebrew רְבִיבִים, Strong's H7241) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “shower”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) copious showers, heavy showers
1a) as bringing fertility
1b) of prophetic influence (fig)
1a) as bringing fertility
1b) of prophetic influence (fig)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | showers (6) |
|---|---|
| BSB | like showers (2), showers (2), like spring showers (1), therefore the showers (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Raviv, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
Psalms
- Psalm 65:10Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth.
- Psalm 72:6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 14:22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
Micah
- Micah 5:7And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).