Hebrew noun (feminine) · H7233
רְבָבָה
rebabahreb-aw-baw'
myriad
16 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: rᵉbâbâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7233is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 14spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7233
abundance (in number), i.e. (specifically) a myriad (whether definite or indefinite)
The King James renders it: many, million, [idiom] multiply, ten thousand.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
rebabah is rendered "myriad". It stands 16 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 24:60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
- The Greek text spells it fourteen different ways.
The first use
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
Genesis 24:60רְבָבָ֑ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's sixteen uses are in 1 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- ten thousand4
- on ten thousands his3
- from ten thousands of2
- ten thousands of2
- and ten thousand1
- in tens of thousands of1
- more than ten thousand1
- ten thousands1
- to the ten thousand1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| רְבָה | rebah | to grow great | Uses6 |
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
14 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃2
- רְבָבָ֑ה2
- בְּרִֽבְב֖וֹת1
- בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃ ס1
- וּרְבָבָ֥ה1
- לָרְבָבָ֔ה1
- מֵרְבָבָֽה׃1
- מֵרִבְב֥וֹת1
- מֵרִבְבֹ֣ת1
- רְבָבָ֣ה1
- רְבָבָ֗ה1
- רְבָב֔וֹת1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular4HNcfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncfpc
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HR/Ncfpc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HNcfpc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine plural1HNcfpa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1HRd/Ncfsa
Genesis
one use
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
- רְבָבָ֑הrevavahnoun · feminine singulartagged: ten thousand
Leviticus
one use
Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
- רְבָבָ֣הrevavahnoun · feminine singulartagged: ten thousand
Numbers
one use
And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”
- רִֽבְב֖וֹתrivotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ten thousands of
Deuteronomy
three uses
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- רְבָבָ֑הrevavahnoun · feminine singulartagged: ten thousand
He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
- מֵרִבְבֹ֣תmerivotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from ten thousands of
His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
- רִבְב֣וֹתrivotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ten thousands of
Judges
one use
We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
- לָרְבָבָ֔הlarevavahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the ten thousand
1 Samuel
four uses
And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
- בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃berivotavpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: on ten thousands his
And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
- רְבָב֔וֹתrevavotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: ten thousands
But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
- בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃berivotavpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: on ten thousands his
Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
- בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃ סberivotovpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: on ten thousands his
Psalms
two uses
I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.
- מֵרִבְב֥וֹתmerivotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from ten thousands of
Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.
- וּרְבָבָ֥הurevavahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and ten thousand
Song of Solomon
one use
My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
- מֵרְבָבָֽה׃merevavahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: more than ten thousand
Ezekiel
one use
I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.
- רְבָבָ֗הrevavahnoun · feminine singulartagged: ten thousand
Micah
one use
Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
- בְּרִֽבְב֖וֹתberivotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in tens of thousands of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.