Rab — H7229

Definition

noun

abundant

1. adj
2. great
1. great
2. great (fig of power)
3. n
4. captain, chief

Usually translated as

great, master, captain, chief, lord, stout

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H7227

• Rab (H7227)

Occurrences

Rab occurs 15 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (3), Daniel (12)

• Ezra 4:10 — And the rest of the nations whom the great (רַבָּ֣א) and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.
• Ezra 5:8 — Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great (רַבָּ֔א) God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
• Ezra 5:11 — And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great (רַ֔ב) king of Israel builded and set up.
• Daniel 2:10 — The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord (רַ֣ב), nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
• Daniel 2:14 — Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain (רַב) of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
• Daniel 2:31 — Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great (רַ֛ב) image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
• Daniel 2:35 — Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great (רַ֖ב) mountain, and filled the whole earth.
• Daniel 2:45 — Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great (רַב֙) God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
• Daniel 2:48 — Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief (וְרַב) of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
• Daniel 4:9 — O Belteshazzar, master (רַ֣ב) of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
• Daniel 4:30 — The king spake, and said, Is not this great (רַבְּתָ֑א) Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
• Daniel 5:1 — Belshazzar the king made a great (רַ֔ב) feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
• Daniel 5:11 — There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master (רַ֧ב) of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
• Daniel 7:2 — Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great (רַבָּֽא) sea.
• Daniel 7:20 — And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout (רַ֥ב) than his fellows.