Marbîyth — H4768

Definition

feminine noun

a multitude; also offspring; specifically interest (on capital)

1. increase, great number, multitude, greatness
1. increase
1. of family
2. increment, interest, usury
2. great number (of people)
3. greatness (of wisdom)

Usually translated as

increase, greatest part, greatness, multitude

Origin

from H7235

• Derived from Râbâh (H7235)

Greek equivalents

• perisseúō (G4052)

Occurrences

Marbîyth occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (2)

• Leviticus 25:37 — Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase (וּבְמַרְבִּ֖ית).
• 1 Samuel 2:33 — And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase (מַרְבִּ֥ית) of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
• 1 Chronicles 12:29 — And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part (מַרְבִּיתָ֔ם) of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
• 2 Chronicles 9:6 — Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness (מַרְבִּ֣ית) of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
• 2 Chronicles 30:18 — For a multitude (מַרְבִּ֣ית) of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one