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Hebrew verb · H7235

רָבָה

rabahraw-baw'

to multiply; to shoot

227 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: râbâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7235is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 31 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 162
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7235

to increase (in whatever respect)

The King James renders it: (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), [idiom] process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.

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

rabah is rendered "to multiply; to shoot". It stands 227 times in the Hebrew text, across thirty-one books.

  • Twenty-nine of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to multiply".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 1:22Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
  • The Greek text spells it 162 different ways.

The first use

Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

Genesis 1:22וּרְב֗וּ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to multiply, and to shoot.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to multiplyStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 1:22Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas…
to shootStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • much23
  • and I will multiply7
  • and multiply7
  • I will increase7
  • many7
  • greatly6
  • he will increase6
  • a multitude4
  • and they increased4
  • and you increased4
  • great4
  • increase4

and 99 more, 227 uses in all

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.

All 227, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

162 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

  • הַרְבֵּ֥ה14
  • הַרְבֵּ֖ה7
  • הַרְבֵּ֣ה5
  • הִרְבָּ֖ה3
  • הַרְבֵּ֑ה3
  • הַרְבֵּה֙3
  • הַרְבֵּ֔ה3
  • הַרְבֵּֽה׃3
  • וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֣י3
  • יַרְבֶּה־3
  • יִרְבּ֣וּ3
  • אַרְבֶּה֙2

and 150 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute46HVhaa
  • Hc/Vhq1cs10Hc/Vhq1cs
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular10HVhi3ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular9HVhp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular9HVqi3ms
  • Hc/Vqw3mp7Hc/Vqw3mp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular7HVhi1cs
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural6HC/Vqv2mp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural6HVhp3cp
  • Hc/Vhw2fs5Hc/Vhw2fs
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural5HVqi3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural5HVqp3cp

Genesis

twenty-nine uses
  • Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

    Genesis 1:22

    • וּרְב֗וּurevuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and multiply
    • יִ֥רֶבyirevverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let it multiply
  • God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

    Genesis 1:28

    • וּרְב֛וּurevuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and multiply
  • To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

    Genesis 3:16

    • הַרְבָּ֤הharbahverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to increase
    • אַרְבֶּה֙ʾarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will increase
  • For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

    Genesis 7:17

    • וַיִּרְבּ֣וּvaiyirbuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they increased
  • So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

    Genesis 7:18

    • וַיִּרְבּ֥וּvaiyirbuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they increased
  • Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

    Genesis 8:17

    • וְרָב֖וּveravuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will multiply
  • And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

    Genesis 9:1

    • וּרְב֖וּurevuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and multiply
  • But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

    Genesis 9:7

    • וּרְב֑וּurevuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and multiply
    • וּרְבוּ־urevu-conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and multiply
  • After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”

    Genesis 15:1

    • הַרְבֵּ֥הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: great
  • Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”

    Genesis 16:10

    • הַרְבָּ֥הharbahverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to increase
    • אַרְבֶּ֖הʾarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will increase
  • I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”

    Genesis 17:2

    • וְאַרְבֶּ֥הvearbehHC/Vhu1cstagged: so I may increase
  • As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

    Genesis 17:20

    • וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֥יvehirbeitiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will multiply
  • And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

    Genesis 21:20

    • רֹבֶ֥הrovehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a shooter
  • I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

    Genesis 22:17

    • וְהַרְבָּ֨הveharbahconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: and certainly to increase
    • אַרְבֶּ֤הʾarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will increase
  • I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

    Genesis 26:4

    • וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֤יvehirbeitiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will multiply
  • and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”

    Genesis 26:24

    • וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֣יvehirbeitiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will multiply
  • May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

    Genesis 28:3

    • וְיַרְבֶּ֑ךָveyarbekhaHC/Vhu3ms/Sp2mstagged: and may he multiply you
  • Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

    Genesis 34:12

    • הַרְבּ֨וּharbuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: increase
  • And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

    Genesis 35:11

    • וּרְבֵ֔הurevehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and multiply
  • After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.

    Genesis 38:12

    • וַיִּרְבּוּ֙vaiyirbuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they increased
  • So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.

    Genesis 41:49

    • הַרְבֵּ֣הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.

    Genesis 43:34

    • וַתֵּ֜רֶבvaterevHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was great
  • Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.

    Genesis 47:27

    • וַיִּרְבּ֖וּvaiyirbuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they multiplied
  • and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’

    Genesis 48:4

    • וְהִרְבִּיתִ֔ךָvehirbitikhaHc/Vhq1cs/Sp2mstagged: and I will multiply you

Exodus

eleven uses
  • but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

    Exodus 1:7

    • וַיִּרְבּ֥וּvaiyirbuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they multiplied
  • Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

    Exodus 1:10

    • יִרְבֶּ֗הyirbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it should increase
  • But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

    Exodus 1:12

    • יִרְבֶּ֖הyirbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it increased
  • So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.

    Exodus 1:20

    • וַיִּ֧רֶבvaiyirevHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it increased
  • But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

    Exodus 7:3

    • וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֧יvehirbeitiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will multiply
  • The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

    Exodus 11:9

    • רְב֥וֹתrevotverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be many
  • So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.

    Exodus 16:17

    • הַמַּרְבֶּ֖הhamarbehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: the made much
  • When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.

    Exodus 16:18

    • הַמַּרְבֶּ֔הhamarbehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: the made much
  • In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.

    Exodus 30:15

    • יַרְבֶּ֗הyarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will make much
  • Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”

    Exodus 32:13

    • אַרְבֶּה֙ʾarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will increase
  • and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”

    Exodus 36:5

    • מַרְבִּ֥יםmarbimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: multiplying

Leviticus

three uses
  • Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.

    Leviticus 11:42

    • מַרְבֵּ֣הmarbehverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: multiplies
  • You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.

    Leviticus 25:16

    • תַּרְבֶּה֙tarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will increase
  • I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.

    Leviticus 26:9

    • וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֖יvehirbeitiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will multiply

Numbers

three uses
  • Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one; each tribe is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those registered.

    Numbers 26:54

    • תַּרְבֶּה֙tarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will make great
  • And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.

    Numbers 33:54

    • תַּרְבּ֤וּtarbuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will make great
  • The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”

    Numbers 35:8

    • תַּרְבּ֔וּtarbuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will increase

Deuteronomy

twenty uses
  • The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

    Deuteronomy 1:10

    • הִרְבָּ֣הhirbahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has increased
  • All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.

    Deuteronomy 3:5

    • הַרְבֵּ֥הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: many
  • Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

    Deuteronomy 6:3

    • תִּרְבּ֖וּןtirbunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you will increase
  • He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.

    Deuteronomy 7:13

    • וְהִרְבֶּ֑ךָvehirbekhaHc/Vhq3ms/Sp2mstagged: and he will increase you
  • The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.

    Deuteronomy 7:22

    • תִּרְבֶּ֥הtirbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it should increase
  • You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

    Deuteronomy 8:1

    • וּרְבִיתֶ֗םurevitemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will increase
  • and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,

    Deuteronomy 8:13

    • יִרְבְּיֻ֔ןyirbeyunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they will increase
    • יִרְבֶּה־yirbeh-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will increase
    • יִרְבֶּֽה׃yirbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will increase
  • so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

    Deuteronomy 11:21

    • יִרְבּ֤וּyirbuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they may increase
  • Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,

    Deuteronomy 13:17

    • וְהִרְבֶּ֔ךָvehirbekhaHc/Vhq3ms/Sp2mstagged: and he will increase you
  • But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,

    Deuteronomy 14:24

    • יִרְבֶּ֨הyirbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be great
  • But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

    Deuteronomy 17:16

    • יַרְבֶּה־yarbeh-verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will increase
    • הַרְבּ֣וֹתharbotverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to increase
  • He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

    Deuteronomy 17:17

    • יַרְבֶּה־yarbeh-verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will increase
    • יַרְבֶּה־yarbeh-verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will increase
  • Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.

    Deuteronomy 19:6

    • יִרְבֶּ֥הyirbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be great
  • Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

    Deuteronomy 28:63

    • וּלְהַרְבּ֣וֹתuleharbotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to increase
  • And the LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers.

    Deuteronomy 30:5

    • וְהִרְבְּךָ֖vehirbekhaHc/Vhq3ms/Sp2mstagged: and he will make great you
  • For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.

    Deuteronomy 30:16

    • וְרָבִ֔יתָveravitaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will increase

Joshua

three uses
  • Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.

    Joshua 13:1

    • הַרְבֵּֽה־harbeh-verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”

    Joshua 22:8

    • הַרְבֵּ֣הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: many
  • But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,

    Joshua 24:3

    • וָאַרְבֶּה֙vaerevHc/Vhw1cstagged: and I increased

Judges

three uses
  • If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”

    Judges 9:29

    • רַבֶּ֥הrabehverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: make numerous
  • And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”

    Judges 16:24

    • הִרְבָּ֖הhirbahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has multiplied
  • The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,

    Judges 20:38

    • הֶ֕רֶבherevverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: make great

1 Samuel

five uses
  • As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.

    1 Samuel 1:12

    • הִרְבְּתָ֔הhirbetahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she had increased
  • Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.

    1 Samuel 2:3

    • תַּרְבּ֤וּtarbuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you multiply
  • And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD.

    1 Samuel 7:2

    • וַיִּרְבּוּ֙vaiyirbuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they increased
  • How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”

    1 Samuel 14:30

    • רָבְתָ֥הravetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has been great
  • Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”

    1 Samuel 26:21

    • הַרְבֵּ֥הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: greatly

2 Samuel

seven uses
  • “What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”

    2 Samuel 1:4

    • הַרְבֵּ֞הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: a multitude
  • And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

    2 Samuel 8:8

    • הַרְבֵּ֥הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,

    2 Samuel 12:2

    • הַרְבֵּ֥הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: many
  • Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.

    2 Samuel 12:30

    • הַרְבֵּ֥הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • “Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”

    2 Samuel 14:11

    • מֵהַרְבַּ֞תmeharvitpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from increasing
  • The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.

    2 Samuel 18:8

    • וַיֶּ֤רֶבvaiyerevHc/Vhw3mstagged: and it increased
  • You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.

    2 Samuel 22:36

    • תַּרְבֵּֽנִי׃tarbeniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you make great me

1 Kings

four uses
  • And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.

    1 Kings 4:29

    • הַרְבֵּ֣הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: great
  • Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

    1 Kings 4:30

    • וַתֵּ֙רֶב֙vaterevHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was great
  • Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    1 Kings 10:10

    • הַרְבֵּ֥הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • (The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.

    1 Kings 10:11

    • הַרְבֵּ֥הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much

2 Kings

three uses
  • Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

    2 Kings 10:18

    • הַרְבֵּֽה׃harbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

    2 Kings 21:6

    • הִרְבָּ֗הhirbahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he increased
  • Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

    2 Kings 21:16

    • הַרְבֵּ֣הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much

1 Chronicles

ten uses
  • And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.

    1 Chronicles 4:10

    • וְהִרְבִּ֤יתָvehirbitaHc/Vhq2mstagged: and you will increase
  • Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.

    1 Chronicles 4:27

    • הִרְבּ֖וּhirbuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they increased
  • They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.

    1 Chronicles 5:9

    • רָב֖וּravuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had increased
  • Now the people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous. They settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir, also known as Mount Hermon).

    1 Chronicles 5:23

    • רָבֽוּ׃ravuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they multiplied
  • Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs. In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.

    1 Chronicles 7:4

    • הִרְבּ֥וּhirbuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had many
  • Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third. The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.

    1 Chronicles 8:40

    • וּמַרְבִּ֤יםumarbimconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and had many
  • Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.

    1 Chronicles 20:2

    • הַרְבֵּ֥הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family and received a single assignment.

    1 Chronicles 23:11

    • הִרְבּ֣וּhirbuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had many
  • The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first. Eliezer did not have any other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.

    1 Chronicles 23:17

    • רָב֥וּravuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were numerous
  • David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

    1 Chronicles 27:23

    • לְהַרְבּ֥וֹתleharbotpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to multiply

2 Chronicles

ten uses
  • He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

    2 Chronicles 11:12

    • לְהַרְבֵּ֣הleharbehpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: to abundance
  • Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder

    2 Chronicles 14:13

    • הַרְבֵּ֥הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.

    2 Chronicles 16:8

    • לְהַרְבֵּ֣הleharbehpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: to abundance
  • The accounts of the sons of Joash, as well as the many pronouncements about him and about the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.

    2 Chronicles 24:27

    • יִ֧רֶ֞בyerevverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be numerous of
  • Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”

    2 Chronicles 25:9

    • הַרְבֵּ֥הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything.

    2 Chronicles 31:5

    • הִרְבּ֤וּhirbuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they multiplied
  • Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.

    2 Chronicles 32:27

    • הַרְבֵּ֣הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: great
  • He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

    2 Chronicles 33:6

    • הִרְבָּ֗הhirbahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he increased
  • but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.

    2 Chronicles 33:23

    • הִרְבָּ֥הhirbahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he increased
  • Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

    2 Chronicles 36:14

    • הִרְבּ֣וּhirbuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they increased

Ezra

three uses
  • and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

    Ezra 9:6

    • רָבוּ֙ravuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have increased
  • While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

    Ezra 10:1

    • הַרְבֵּה־harbeh-verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: great
  • But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.

    Ezra 10:13

    • הִרְבִּ֥ינוּhirbinuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have increased

Nehemiah

eight uses
  • so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear

    Nehemiah 2:2

    • הַרְבֵּ֥הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: greatly
  • Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews

    Nehemiah 4:1

    • הַרְבֵּ֑הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: greatly
  • Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”

    Nehemiah 4:10

    • הַרְבֵּ֑הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and extensive, and we are spread out far from one another along the wall.

    Nehemiah 4:19

    • הַרְבֵּ֖הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

    Nehemiah 5:18

    • לְהַרְבֵּ֑הleharbehpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: to abundance
  • Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came back to them.

    Nehemiah 6:17

    • מַרְבִּ֞יםmarbimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: multiplying
  • You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

    Nehemiah 9:23

    • הִרְבִּ֔יתָhirbitaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you increased
  • Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.

    Nehemiah 9:37

    • מַרְבָּ֗הmarbahverb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine singulartagged: increasing

Job

eight uses
  • For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.

    Job 9:17

    • וְהִרְבָּ֖הvehirbahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he increases
  • You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.

    Job 10:17

    • וְתֶ֣רֶבveterevconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and you increase
  • Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.

    Job 27:14

    • יִרְבּ֣וּyirbuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will increase
  • So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.

    Job 29:18

    • אַרְבֶּ֥הʾarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will increase
  • Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

    Job 33:12

    • יִרְבֶּ֥הyirbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is great
  • For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”

    Job 34:37

    • וְיֶ֖רֶבveyerevconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and he multiplies
  • Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.

    Job 39:4

    • יִרְבּ֣וּyirbuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they grow
  • Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?

    Job 41:3

    • הֲיַרְבֶּ֣הhayarbehquestion particle + verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ will it multiply

Psalms

ten uses
  • Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.

    Psalms 16:4

    • יִרְבּ֥וּyirbuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will increase
  • You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.

    Psalms 18:35

    • תַרְבֵּֽנִי׃tarbeniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you have made great me
  • You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.

    Psalms 44:12

    • רִ֝בִּ֗יתָribitaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have made great
  • Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.

    Psalms 49:16

    • יִ֝רְבֶּהyirbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will increase
  • Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

    Psalms 51:2

    • הֶ֭רֶבherevverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: increase
  • You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

    Psalms 71:21

    • תֶּ֤רֶב׀terevverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: may you increase
  • And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

    Psalms 78:38

    • וְ֭הִרְבָּהvehirbahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he increased
  • He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.

    Psalms 107:38

    • וַיִּרְבּ֣וּvaiyirbuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they multiplied
  • O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

    Psalms 130:7

    • וְהַרְבֵּ֖הveharbehconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: and great
  • If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.

    Psalms 139:18

    • יִרְבּ֑וּןyirbunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they will be numerous

Proverbs

eleven uses
  • Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.

    Proverbs 4:10

    • וְיִרְבּ֥וּveyirbuHC/Vqu3mptagged: so they may increase
  • He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.

    Proverbs 6:35

    • תַרְבֶּה־tarbeh-verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will make great
  • For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

    Proverbs 9:11

    • יִרְבּ֣וּyirbuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will increase
  • Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

    Proverbs 13:11

    • יַרְבֶּֽה׃yarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will increase
  • Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

    Proverbs 22:16

    • לְהַרְבּ֣וֹתleharbotpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to increase
  • It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.

    Proverbs 25:27

    • הַרְבּ֣וֹתharbotverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: much
  • He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

    Proverbs 28:8

    • מַרְבֶּ֣הmarbehverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: increases
  • When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.

    Proverbs 28:28

    • יִרְבּ֥וּyirbuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they increase
  • When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

    Proverbs 29:2

    • בִּרְב֣וֹתbirvotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when increase
  • When the wicked thrive, rebellion increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.

    Proverbs 29:16

    • בִּרְב֣וֹתbirvotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when increase
    • יִרְבֶּה־yirbeh-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it increases

Ecclesiastes

eighteen uses
  • I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”

    Ecclesiastes 1:16

    • הַרְבֵּ֖הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,

    Ecclesiastes 2:7

    • הַרְבֵּה֙harbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: a multitude
  • For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

    Ecclesiastes 5:7

    • הַרְבֵּ֑הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: many
  • When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

    Ecclesiastes 5:11

    • בִּרְבוֹת֙birvotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when increases
  • The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

    Ecclesiastes 5:12

    • הַרְבֵּ֖הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.

    Ecclesiastes 5:17

    • הַרְבֵּ֖הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: greatly
  • For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

    Ecclesiastes 5:20

    • הַרְבֵּ֔הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?

    Ecclesiastes 6:11

    • הַרְבֵּ֖הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to increase
    • מַרְבִּ֣יםmarbimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: they increase
  • Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

    Ecclesiastes 7:16

    • הַרְבֵּ֔הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: greatly
  • Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

    Ecclesiastes 7:17

    • הַרְבֵּ֖הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: greatly
  • Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

    Ecclesiastes 9:18

    • הַרְבֵּֽה׃harbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?

    Ecclesiastes 10:14

    • יַרְבֶּ֣הyarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he multiplies
  • So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.

    Ecclesiastes 11:8

    • הַרְבֵּ֛הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: a multitude
    • הַרְבֵּ֥הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: many
  • Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.

    Ecclesiastes 12:9

    • הַרְבֵּֽה׃harbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: a multitude
  • And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.

    Ecclesiastes 12:12

    • הַרְבֵּה֙harbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: many
    • הַרְבֵּ֖הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much

Isaiah

eight uses
  • When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

    Isaiah 1:15

    • תַרְבּ֥וּtarbuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will multiply
  • You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.

    Isaiah 9:3

    • הִרְבִּ֣יתָhirbitaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will multiply
  • “Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

    Isaiah 23:16

    • הַרְבִּי־harbi-verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: multiply
  • For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

    Isaiah 30:33

    • הַרְבֵּ֔הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

    Isaiah 40:29

    • יַרְבֶּֽה׃yarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he increases
  • Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

    Isaiah 51:2

    • וְאַרְבֵּֽהוּ׃ סvearbehuHC/Vhu1cs/Sp3mstagged: and I multiplied him
  • Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

    Isaiah 55:7

    • יַרְבֶּ֥הyarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will increase
  • You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.

    Isaiah 57:9

    • וַתַּרְבִּ֖יvatarbiHc/Vhw2fstagged: and you increased

Jeremiah

ten uses
  • Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.

    Jeremiah 2:22

    • וְתַרְבִּי־vetarbi-HC/Vhu2fstagged: so you may increase
  • “In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.

    Jeremiah 3:16

    • תִרְבּוּ֩tirbuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will multiply
  • Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.

    Jeremiah 23:3

    • וְרָבֽוּ׃veravuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will increase
  • Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.

    Jeremiah 29:6

    • וּרְבוּ־urevu-conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and multiply
  • Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.

    Jeremiah 30:19

    • וְהִרְבִּתִים֙vehirbitimHc/Vhq1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will multiply them
  • As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”

    Jeremiah 33:22

    • אַרְבֶּ֗הʾarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will increase
  • they all returned from all the places to which they had been banished and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered an abundance of wine grapes and summer fruit.

    Jeremiah 40:12

    • הַרְבֵּ֥הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

    Jeremiah 42:2

    • מֵֽהַרְבֵּ֔הmeharbehpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: from many
  • Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.

    Jeremiah 46:11

    • הִרְבֵּ֣יתhirbeitiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you have multiplied
  • They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’

    Jeremiah 46:16

    • הִרְבָּ֖הhirbahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will multiply

Lamentations

two uses
  • The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.

    Lamentations 2:5

    • וַיֶּ֙רֶב֙vaiyerevHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he has multiplied
  • You summoned my attackers on every side, as for the day of an appointed feast. In the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared.

    Lamentations 2:22

    • וְרִבִּ֖יתִיveribiticonjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: and I had reared

Ezekiel

twenty uses
  • You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

    Ezekiel 11:6

    • הִרְבֵּיתֶ֥םhirbeitemverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have multiplied
  • 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.

    Ezekiel 16:7

    • וַתִּרְבִּי֙vatirbiHc/Vqw2fstagged: and you grew
  • At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.

    Ezekiel 16:25

    • וַתַּרְבִּ֖יvatarbiHc/Vhw2fstagged: and you increased
  • You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.

    Ezekiel 16:26

    • וַתַּרְבִּ֥יvatarbiHc/Vhw2fstagged: and you increased
  • So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!

    Ezekiel 16:29

    • וַתַּרְבִּ֧יvatarbiHc/Vhw2fstagged: and you increased
  • Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.

    Ezekiel 16:51

    • וַתַּרְבִּ֤יvatarbiHc/Vhw2fstagged: and you have increased
  • and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

    Ezekiel 19:2

    • רִבְּתָ֥הribetahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she reared
  • So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.

    Ezekiel 21:15

    • וְהַרְבֵּה֙veharbehconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: and many
  • The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.

    Ezekiel 22:25

    • הִרְבּ֥וּhirbuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have multiplied
  • Yet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of Egypt

    Ezekiel 23:19

    • וַתַּרְבֶּ֖הvatarbehHc/Vhw3fstagged: and she increased
  • Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.

    Ezekiel 24:10

    • הַרְבֵּ֤הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: increase
  • By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.

    Ezekiel 28:5

    • הִרְבִּ֣יתָhirbitaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have increased
  • Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.

    Ezekiel 31:5

    • וַתִּרְבֶּ֨ינָהvatirbeinahHc/Vqw3fptagged: and they became great
  • I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

    Ezekiel 36:10

    • וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֤יvehirbeitiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will multiply
  • I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

    Ezekiel 36:11

    • וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֧יvehirbeitiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will multiply
    • וְרָב֣וּveravuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will increase
  • I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.

    Ezekiel 36:29

    • וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֣יvehirbeitiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will increase
  • I will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.

    Ezekiel 36:30

    • וְהִרְבֵּיתִי֙vehirbeitiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will increase
  • This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.

    Ezekiel 36:37

    • אַרְבֶּ֥הʾarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will increase
  • And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.

    Ezekiel 37:26

    • וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֣יvehirbeitiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will increase

Daniel

two uses
  • He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.

    Daniel 11:39

    • יַרְבֶּ֣הyarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will increase
  • But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

    Daniel 12:4

    • וְתִרְבֶּ֥הvetirbehHC/Vqu3fstagged: so it may increase

Hosea

seven uses
  • For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.

    Hosea 2:8

    • הִרְבֵּ֥יתִיhirbeitiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I multiplied
  • The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.

    Hosea 4:7

    • כְּרֻבָּ֖םkerubampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: as increased they
  • Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.

    Hosea 8:11

    • הִרְבָּ֥הhirbahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has multiplied
  • Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.

    Hosea 8:14

    • הִרְבָּ֖הhirbahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has multiplied
  • Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.

    Hosea 10:1

    • הִרְבָּה֙hirbahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he multiplied
  • Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

    Hosea 12:1

    • יַרְבֶּ֑הyarbehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he increases
  • I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.

    Hosea 12:10

    • הִרְבֵּ֑יתִיhirbeitiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I multiplied

Amos

two uses
  • “Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.

    Amos 4:4

    • הַרְבּ֣וּharbuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: increase
  • “I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

    Amos 4:9

    • הַרְבּ֨וֹתharbotverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to make many

Jonah

one use
  • So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”

    Jonah 4:11

    • הַרְבֵּה֩harbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: many

Nahum

one use
  • You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.

    Nahum 3:16

    • הִרְבֵּית֙hirbeitverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you have increased

Habakkuk

one use
  • Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’

    Habakkuk 2:6

    • הַמַּרְבֶּ֣הhamarbehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: the increases

Haggai

two uses
  • You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”

    Haggai 1:6

    • הַרְבֵּ֜הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
  • You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

    Haggai 1:9

    • הַרְבֵּה֙harbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much

Zechariah

two uses
  • I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.

    Zechariah 10:8

    • וְרָב֖וּveravuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will multiply
    • רָבֽוּ׃ravuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they multiplied

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