Ravah רָוָה
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| רָוָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ravah |
| Strong's number | H7301 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to quench |
| Occurrences | 14 in 14 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (5) |
Ravah (Hebrew רָוָה, Strong's H7301) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to quench”. It occurs 14 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to be satiated or saturated, have or drink one's fill
1a) (Qal) to take one's fill
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to be drunk, be intoxicated
1b2) to drench, water abundantly, saturate
1c) (Hiphil) to saturate, water, cause to drink
1a) (Qal) to take one's fill
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to be drunk, be intoxicated
1b2) to drench, water abundantly, saturate
1c) (Hiphil) to saturate, water, cause to drink
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | watereth (2), satisfied (1), waterest (1), abundantly (1), satisfy (1), fill (1), water (1), bathed (1), soaked (1), filled (1), satiate (1), satiated (1), and 2 other renderings |
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| BSB | they feast (1), you soak (1), satisfy you (1), let us take our fill (1), he who refreshes others (1), i drench (1), has drunk its fill (1), will be drenched (1), satisfied me (1), watering (1), i will fill (1), i will refresh (1), and 2 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Ravah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 36:8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
- 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.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 5:19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
- Proverbs 7:18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
- Proverbs 11:25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 16:9Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.
- Isaiah 34:5For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
- Isaiah 34:7And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.
- Isaiah 43:24Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
- Isaiah 55:10For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 31:14And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 31:25For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”
- Jeremiah 46:10For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 3:15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
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).