Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H7237
רַבָּה
Rabbahrab-baw'
Rabbah
15 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Rabbâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7237is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7237
Rabbah, the name of two places in Palestine, East and West
The King James renders it: Rabbah, Rabbath.
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
Rabbah is rendered "Rabbah". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Five of the uses stand in 2 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 3:11(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
Deuteronomy 3:11בְּרַבַּ֖ת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's fifteen uses are in 2 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Rabbah7
- Rabbah of2
- against Rabbah1
- against Rabbah of1
- and the Rabbah1
- from Rabbah of1
- in Rabbah of1
- Rabbah towards1
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 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 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
- בְּרַבַּ֖ת2
- רַבָּ֔ה2
- בְרַבָּ֔ה1
- וְהָֽרַבָּ֑ה1
- מֵרַבַּ֣ת1
- רַבָּ֑ה1
- רַבָּ֖ה1
- רַבָּה֒1
- רַבָּה֙1
- רַבָּֽה׃1
- רַבַּ֨ת1
- רַבַּ֣ת1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)7HNpl
- preposition + adjective · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Aafsc
- adjective · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HAafsc
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Td/Npl
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1HNpl/Sd
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1HR/Npl
Deuteronomy
one use
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
- בְּרַבַּ֖תberabatpreposition + adjective · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in Rabbah of
Joshua
two uses
The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;
- רַבָּֽה׃rabahproper noun (a name)tagged: Rabbah
Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages.
- וְהָֽרַבָּ֑הveharabahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and the Rabbah
2 Samuel
five uses
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
- רַבָּ֑הrabahproper noun (a name)tagged: Rabbah
Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
- בְּרַבַּ֖תberabatpreposition + adjective · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: against Rabbah of
Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
- בְרַבָּ֔הverabahpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: against Rabbah
So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.
- רַבָּ֑תָהrabatahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Rabbah towards
When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
- מֵרַבַּ֣תmerabatpreposition + adjective · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from Rabbah of
1 Chronicles
two uses
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.
- רַבָּ֔הrabahproper noun (a name)tagged: Rabbah
- רַבָּ֖הrabahproper noun (a name)tagged: Rabbah
Jeremiah
two uses
Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.
- רַבַּ֨תrabatadjective · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: Rabbah of
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
- רַבָּה֒rabahproper noun (a name)tagged: Rabbah
Ezekiel
two uses
Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
- רַבַּ֣תrabatadjective · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: Rabbah of
I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
- רַבָּה֙rabahproper noun (a name)tagged: Rabbah
Amos
one use
So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.
- רַבָּ֔הrabahproper noun (a name)tagged: Rabbah
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.