רַב rab

Meaning

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

In the King James Version: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).

Derivation: by contracted from H7231 (רָבַב);

Where it is used

• Psalms 129:2 many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
• Psalms 135:10 He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
• Psalms 144:7 Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
• Psalms 145:7 They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
• Psalms 147:5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
• Proverbs 7:26 For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
• Proverbs 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
• Proverbs 13:7 One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
• Proverbs 14:20 The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
• Proverbs 14:29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
• Proverbs 15:6 The house of the righteous has great treasure, but the income of the wicked is trouble.
• Proverbs 15:16 Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
• Proverbs 19:4 Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
• Proverbs 19:6 Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
• Proverbs 19:21 Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
• Proverbs 22:1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
• Proverbs 28:2 A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
• Proverbs 28:12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
• Proverbs 28:16 A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.
• Proverbs 28:20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
• Proverbs 28:27 Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
• Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
• Proverbs 29:26 Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.
• Proverbs 31:29 “Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”
• Ecclesiastes 1:18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
• Ecclesiastes 2:21 When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
• Ecclesiastes 6:1 There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
• Ecclesiastes 6:3 A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
• Ecclesiastes 7:22 For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
• Ecclesiastes 7:29 Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
• Ecclesiastes 8:6 For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
• Ecclesiastes 10:6 Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.
• Song of Solomon 8:7 Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
• Isaiah 2:3 And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 2:4 Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
• Isaiah 5:9 I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
• Isaiah 8:7 the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
• Isaiah 8:15 Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
• Isaiah 13:4 Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.
• Isaiah 16:14 And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
• Isaiah 17:12 Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.
• Isaiah 17:13 The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
• Isaiah 21:7 When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”
• Isaiah 23:3 On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.
• Isaiah 30:25 And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
• Isaiah 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
• Isaiah 42:20 Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”
• Isaiah 51:10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
• Isaiah 52:14 Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
• Isaiah 52:15 so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
• Isaiah 53:11 After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
• Isaiah 53:12 Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
• Isaiah 54:1 “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
• Isaiah 54:13 Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
• Isaiah 63:1 Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
• Isaiah 63:7 I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
• Jeremiah 3:1 “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 11:15 What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom? When you are wicked, then you rejoice.
• Jeremiah 12:10 Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
• Jeremiah 13:6 Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”