Word Study · Strong's H7250 · Hebrew
רָבַע
raba
raw-bah'
Strong's 1890 spelling: râbaʻ
“to squat or lie out flat, i.e. (specifically) in copulation”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to squat or lie out flat, i.e. (specifically) in copulation
Rendered in the KJV as
let gender, lie down.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- לְרִבְעָ֣ה1
- לְרִבְעָ֖הּ1
- תַרְבִּ֣יעַ1
How it is rendered · 3
- to stretch out with1
- to stretch out with it1
- you will make lie1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Vqcc · 1
- HR/Vqcc/Sp3fs · 1
- HVhi2ms · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Leviticus3 occurrences
- Leviticus 18:23לְרִבְעָ֖הּlerivahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularYou must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.here: to stretch out with it
- Leviticus 19:19תַרְבִּ֣יעַtarbia'verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.here: you will make lie
- Leviticus 20:16לְרִבְעָ֣הlerivahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)If a woman approaches any animal to mate with it, you must kill both the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.here: to stretch out with
Same headword in Strong's