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 39Old Testament books
- 162spellings
- 2meanings
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
The word stands in thirty-one of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to multiply, and to shoot.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to multiplyStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 1:22Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas… |
| to shootStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein 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.
The words it stands beside
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.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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!”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.’
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.”
- רְב֥וֹתrevotverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be many
So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.’”
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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,
- 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,
- 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.’
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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,
- 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!’”
- 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.”
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?”
- 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!”
- 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.”
- הַרְבֵּ֞הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: a multitude
And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
- הַרְבֵּ֥הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- וַיֶּ֤רֶבvaiyerevHc/Vhw3mstagged: and it increased
You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- מַרְבָּ֗הmarbahverb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine singulartagged: increasing
Job
eight uses
For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
- וְהִרְבָּ֖הvehirbahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he increases
You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- יִרְבּ֣וּyirbuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they grow
Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- יִ֝רְבֶּהyirbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will increase
Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
- הֶ֭רֶבherevverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: increase
You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
- 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.
- וְ֭הִרְבָּהvehirbahHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he increased
He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- וְיִרְבּ֥וּveyirbuHC/Vqu3mptagged: so they may increase
He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- מַרְבֶּ֣הmarbehverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: increases
When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.
- 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.
- בִּרְב֣וֹתbirvotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when increase
When the wicked thrive, rebellion increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.
- 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.”
- 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,
- הַרְבֵּה֙harbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: a multitude
For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
- 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?
- 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.
- הַרְבֵּ֖הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
- 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.
- הַרְבֵּ֔הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
- 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?
- הַרְבֵּ֔הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: greatly
Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
- הַרְבֵּ֖הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: greatly
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- הַרְבֵּ֔הharbehverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: much
He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.’
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- וַתַּרְבִּ֖יvatarbiHc/Vhw2fstagged: and you increased
You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.
- וַתַּרְבִּ֥יvatarbiHc/Vhw2fstagged: and you increased
So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?”
- 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.
- 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?’
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- וְרָב֖וּveravuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will multiply
- רָבֽוּ׃ravuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they multiplied
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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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
