Râbaʻ — H7250

Definition

verb

to squat or lie out flat, i.e. (specifically) in copulation

1. to lie stretched out, lie down
1. (Qal)
1. to lie down
1. for repose
2. for copulation (of woman with beast)
2. (Hiphil) to cause to lay down (of cattle breeding)

Usually translated as

let gender, lie down

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• tetrágōnos (G5068)

Occurrences

Râbaʻ occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (2)

• Leviticus 18:23 — Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down (לְרִבְעָ֖הּ) thereto: it is confusion.
• Leviticus 20:16 — And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down (לְרִבְעָ֣ה) thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.