רַב

Strong’s Definition

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

Etymology & Derivation

by contracted from H7231 (רָבַב);

KJV Usage

(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(adj) much, many, great
• 2.much
• 3.many
• 4.abounding in
• 5.(n m) captain, chief
• 6.more numerous than
• 7.abundant, enough
• 8.great
• 9.strong
• 10.greater than
• 11.(adv) much, exceedingly

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: rab; Pronunciation: rab