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# רֹב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7230

**multitude** — used 152 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

multitude [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7230/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רֹב: n.m. multitude, abundance, greatness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7230/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 11:2 multitude, abundance, greatness;—abs. ר׳ Gn 16:10 +, רוֹב 1 Ch 4:38; 2 Ch 31:10 + Jb 33:19 Qr (Kt ריב); cstr. רֹב Ex 15:7 + (רֹב־ Jb 37:23 Baer Gi), רָב־ Jb 23:6 +; 2 K 19:23 and pl. cstr. רֻבֵּי Ho 8:12 v. infr.;— multitude (c. 125 times): of pers. Ho 10:13; Pr 14:28; 20:6; Est 10:3 +; of things Is 1:11; 47:12; Ez 27:18; Lv 27:16; Pr 10:19; Jb 11:2 +; = great quantity, abundance Gn 27:28; Ho 9:7 + often (2 K 19:23 Qr \[= Is 37:24 Kt\], \> Kt רכב; 2 Ch 24:27 Kt ורב, \> Qr יִרֶב), + (of time) רֹב שָׁנִים Jb 32:8 (Gi; v 7 van d. H., Baer), בְּרֹב יָמִים Ec 11:1; = whole number (of bones) Jb 4:14; 33:19 (Qr; Kt ריב); especially לָרֹב in respect of, for, multitude, in sim., like sand, stars, etc., Jos 11:4 (JE), 1 S 13:5; 2 S 17:11 + 10 times; = abundantly, c. vb. (= הַרְבֵּה) Gn 30:30 (J), 48:16 (E), 1 K 1:19, 25; 10:10; usually late Ne 9:25; Jb 26:3; Zc 14:14; 1 Ch 4:38; 2 Ch 9:9 (‖ הַרְבֵּה 1 K 10:10) + 23 times Ch; as pred. c. הָיָה 1 Ch 22:14; = in great numbers, 2 Ch 30:5, 24; nearly = adj. (c. subst.; = רַב) 9:1 (‖ רַב 1 K 10:2), 16:8; 24:24; 30:13; מֵרֹב from multitude of, Dt 7:7; 28:47 + 14 times; abs. from (for) mult. 1 K 7:47; Gn 16:10; 32:13 (J), 1 K 3:8; 8:5 = 2 Ch 5:6. greatness (c. 26 times): מֵר׳ שִׂיחִי 1 S 1:16, רֹב חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ Ne 13:22 ψ 5:8; 69:14, cf. 106:45, ר׳ כֹּחַ Is 63:1; Jb 23:6; 30:18 ψ 33:16, etc.; read רֹב prob. also (for רַב) Is 63:7 ψ 145:7; = length of journey (cf. vb. Jos 9:13) בְּרֹב דַּרְכֵּךְ Is 57:10; Ho 8:12 Qr רֻבֵּי תוֹרָתִי = greatnesses \[great things\], or numerous things, of my law, but form dubious, read perhaps רֹב תּוֹרֹתַי (sub 1), so We (cf. 𝔊); Gr al. דִּבְרֵי; \> Kt רבו, v. רִבּוֹ.—Lv 25:16; Dt. 7:7; Ho 4:7, v. √.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 61 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (18 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: abundance (59); multitude (26); the greatness (20).

## In the verses

[Job 32:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.7/#tree)

אָ֭מַרְתִּי יָמִ֣ים יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ וְרֹ֥ב שָׁ֝נִ֗ים יֹדִ֥יעוּ חָכְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* I.said days let.them.speak and abundance of.years let.them.make.known wisdom

*JPS 1917:* I said: 'Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.'

[Job 35:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.35.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.35.9/#tree)

מֵ֭רֹב עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים יַזְעִ֑יקוּ יְשַׁוְּע֖וּ מִזְּר֣וֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* from a.multitude of.oppression(s) people.cry.out they.cry.for.help from.\[the\] arm of.great.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7230.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7230/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).