רָבַע râbaʻ

Meaning

to be quadrate

In the King James Version: (four-) square(-d).

Derivation: a primitive root (rather identical with H7250 (רָבַע) through the idea of sprawling 'at all fours' (or possibly the reverse is the order of deriv.); compare H702 (אַרְבַּע)); properly, to be four (sided); used only as denominative of H7253 (רֶבַע);

Where it is used

• Exodus 27:1 “You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
• Exodus 28:16 It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.
• Exodus 30:2 It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.
• Exodus 37:25 He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.
• Exodus 38:1 Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
• Exodus 39:9 It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.
• 1 Kings 7:5 All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.
• 1 Kings 7:31 The opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.
• Ezekiel 40:47 Next he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.
• Ezekiel 41:21 The outer sanctuary had a rectangular doorframe, and the doorframe of the sanctuary was similar.
• Ezekiel 43:16 The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.
• Ezekiel 45:2 Within this area there is to be a section for the sanctuary 500 cubits square, with 50 cubits around it for open land.