By contracted from rabab; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) -- (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).
see HEBREW rabab
H7227. rab
I. רַב429 adjective much, many, great; — masculine singular absolute ׳ר Genesis 24:25+, רָ֑ב 33:9+, also רָ֛ב2 Chronicles 20:2 ב֖28:8, רָב֨ Ezra 10:13, etc.; construct תַב Exodus 34:6 +; feminine singular רַבָּה Numbers 11:33 +; construct רַבַּת Ezekiel 22:5 + רַבָּ֫תִי (Ges §90 k 1) Lamentations 1:1 (twice in verse); masculine plural absolute רַבִּים Exodus 23:2 (twice in verse)+, construct see II. רַב; feminine plural absolute רַבּוֺת Genesis 30:43 +; — [often both as predicate and as attributive; as attributive preceding noun (influence of usage for numerals ? KöSynt.§334 k Ges§ 132b): רַב Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 145:7 (but read probably רָבֿ רֹב,; in Isaiah 21:7 ׳ר is predicate), רַבּים Jeremiah 16:16; Psalm 32:10; 89:51 (on context BöNÄ Bae, also Hup), Proverbs 7:26; 1 Chronicles 28:5, רַבּוֺת Nehemiah 9:28; Proverbs 31:29]; —
1 (often opposed to מְעַט)
a.-1much: of substances, gold 1 Kings 10:2; Psalm 19:11, silver (money) 2 Kings 12:11; 2Chron
b. plural many: person Exodus 5:5; Judges 8:30; 9:40; 1 Kings 4:20; 11:1+, things Genesis 30:48; Amos 5:12; Deuteronomy 31:17 +; noun omitted רַבּוֺת Daniel 11:41 (that is, lands; read רִבּוֺת myriads Kmp Bev Behrm Marti Prince); רֵבִּים יָמִים many days (a long time) Genesis 21:34; 37:24+28 t.,רַבּוֺת שָׁנִים Nehemiah 9:30; Ecclesiastes 6:3a, בַּשָּׁנִים רַבּוֺת עוֺר אִם Leviticus 25:51; עִתִּים רַבּוֺת Nehemiah 9:28 many times (see above) =רַבּוֺת מְּעָמִים Psalm 106:43; Ecclesiastes 7:22; רַבָּה מַכָּה Deuteronomy 25:3 many blows; רִַ׃בּים מַיִם many waters Numbers 20:11+27 t., compare Isaiah 8:7; etc.
c. רַב as substantive collective person Exodus 19:21, also (opposed to מְעַט)1 Samuel 14:6; Numbers 13:18; 26:54, 56; 33:54; 35:8; so רַבַּת (Ges§ 130a) 2 Chronicles 30:17-18, and (thing; =much) Ezekiel 24:12; רַב construct before abstract (= רֹב) Isaiah 21:7; 63:7; Psalm 145:7; especially plural רַבִּים of person Exodus 23:2 (twice in verse) +37 t. + בַּתרַֿבִּים Cant 7:5.
d. construct= abounding in, רַבבְּֿרֶכוֺת Proverbs 28:20, רַבחֶֿסֶר (see I. חֶסֶד 3), רַבמֹּֿךְַ Psalm 147:5, רַבמְֿאֵרוֺת Proverbs 28:27, הַמְּהוּמָה רַב Ezekiel 22:5, רַבנֿוֺצָךְ 17:7, רַבחֶֿעֲלִיָּה Jeremiah 32:19, רֵבמְּֿעֶלִים 2 Samuel 23:20= 1 Chronicles 11:22, רַבמָּֿ֑שַׁע Proverbs 29:22 רַבתְּֿבוּנָה 14:29; אוֺצָרֹת רַבַּת Jeremiah 51:13, בָּנִים רַבַּת 1 Samuel 2:5 עָם רַבָּ֫תִי Lamentations 1:1 (Ges§ 90l).
e. + מִן compare= more numerous than Exodus 1:9; Numbers 22:15; Joshua 10:11; Judges 16:30; 2 Kings 6:16; Isaiah 54:1; 1 Chronicles 24:4; 2 Chronicles 32:7; Daniel 11:13; followed by infinitive, too many to Genesis 36:7; Judges 7:2 (compare 7:4); see also following
f. רַב =abundant, enough Genesis 24:25; 33:9; as exclamation enough! 45:28; 2 Samuel 24:16; 1 Chronicles 21:15; 1 Kings 19:4, so (+ מִן infinitive) Exodus 9:28 (מִן 6d); רַבלָֿךְ (with implication of excess) Deuteronomy 3:26 (let it) suffice thee! so רַבלָֿכֶם Ezekiel 45:9, also Numbers 16:3, 7= ye assume too much ! + infinitive it is enough for you to Deuteronomy 1:6; 2:3 (i.e. you have done it enough), so+ מִן infinitive 1 Kings 12:23, מִן substantive Ezekiel 44:6.
g. as adverb much, exceedingly (only Psalms), רַב Psalm 123:3, ָרב 18:15 (Hup De Che and others; HPS2 Samuel 22:15 conjectures רָמָה omits "" 22:15); רַבָּה Psalm 62:3; 78:15; 89:8 (ᵐ5. Bae הוּא רַב ); רַבַּת (Aramaism, compare Syriac , , Nö§ 155 A&WSG 135) 65:10; 120:6 (=long enough), 123:4; 129:1; 129:2;
2 less often great:
a. of space 1 Samuel 26:13, the deep Amos 7:4; Genesis 7:11; Isaiah 51:10; Psalm 36:7(figurative), city Lamentations 1:1 (בַגּוֺיִם רַ֫בָּתִי Ges§), — see also חֲמַת צִירוֺן; -plague Numbers 11:33, empire Esther 1:20 goodness Psalm 31:20, wickedness Genesis 6:5, etc.
b. specifically strong (opposed to כֹּחַ אֵין) 2 Chronicles 14:10; לְהוֺשִׁיעַ רַב Isaiah 63:1 so רַבִּים as substantive 53:12 ("" עֲצוּמִים).
c. major natu Genesis 25:23 (opposed to צָעִיר); רַבּים as substantive grandoevi, Job 32:9.
d. + מִן compare greater than Deuteronomy 7:1, 17; 9:14; 20:1 too great for Joshua 19:9; 1 Kings 19:7 — Proverbs 26:10 is hopelessly corrupt, see Toy.
II. רַב49 noun masculine chief (Assyrian-Babylonian influence, compare rab DlHWB 609 b; Biblical Aramic רַב); — construct ׳ר Jeremiah 39:9+; plural construct רַבֵּי 39:13; 41:1 (but see below); — especially טַבָּחִים רַבֿ chief of guardsmen (see טַבָּח), only as title of Babylonian officer 30:9-10, 15t. Jeremiah, 7 t "" 2 Kings 25 (compare הַט ׳שַׁר in Gen [J E]); also הַחֹבֵל רַב Jonah 1:6 chief of the sailors, i.e. captain; in General בֵּיתוֺ כָּלרַֿב Esther 1:8, רַבמָֿרִיסָיו Daniel 1:3 (see סָרִיס ), and so בָּבֶל מֶלֶךְ רַבֵּי Jeremiah 39:13, הַמֶּלֶךְ רַבֵּי 41:1 (late gloss; omitted by ᵐ5 and "" 2 Kings 25:25, so Hi Gf Gie). The following titles of Assyrian -Babylonian officers are probably loan-words in Hebrew: רַבמָֿ֑ג Jeremiah 39:3, 13 usually chief soothsayer (see מָ֑ג), but = rab-mugi [? chief of princes] PinchesHast. DB. BAB-MAG; רַבסָֿרִיס (compare Old Aramaic [Nineveh] סרס רב Lzb386), 2 Kings 18:17 (Assyrian; not in "" Isaiah 36:2), Jeremiah 39:8, 13 (Babylonian ), usually chief eunuch, but = rabû-ša-rêši, chief of the heads (the principal men) WklUnters. x.altor.Geschichte.1889, Excurs. v, p. 138 (actually found as rubû-ša-ri-ešu PinchesAcad June 25, 1892, 618), PinchesHast.DB.RAB-SARIS; רַבשָֿׁקֵה (van d. H. רַבְשָׁקֵה) chief of the officers (?) (so probably Assyrian rab-ŠA†; ša‡kû = high one; COT2 Kings 18:17 KBii.23 DlHWB 685 a TieleBab.-As. Geschichte.497.513 PinchesHast.DB.iv 191), 18:17, 19, 26, 27, 37; 19:4, 8 = Isaiah 36:2; 36:4; 36:11; 36:13 (twice in verse); 36:22; 37:4, 8;
רבב (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew I. רִבּוֺ רַב, רבב,).