Râbîyb — H7241

Definition

masculine noun

a rain (as an accumulation of drops)

1. copious showers, heavy showers
1. as bringing fertility
2. of prophetic influence (fig)

Usually translated as

shower

Origin

from H7231

• Derived from Râbab (H7231)

Greek equivalents

• plēsmonḗ (G4140)

Occurrences

Râbîyb occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), Psalms (2), Jeremiah (2), Micah (1)

• Deuteronomy 32:2 — My 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 (וְכִרְבִיבִ֖ים) upon the grass:
• Psalms 65:10 — Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers (בִּרְבִיבִ֥ים): thou blessest the springing thereof.
• Psalms 72:6 — He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers (כִּ֝רְבִיבִ֗ים) that water the earth.
• Jeremiah 3:3 — Therefore the showers (רְבִבִ֔ים) have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
• Jeremiah 14:22 — Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers (רְבִבִ֑ים)? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
• Micah 5:7 — And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers (כִּרְבִיבִ֖ים) upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.