Lexical Definition

‎מַרְבִּית‎ marbîyth (mar-beeth') greatness ^H:N-F
from ‎רָבָה‎

greatest part, greatness, increase, multitude.

• a multitude
• also offspring
• specifically interest (on capital)

1) increase, great number, multitude, greatness
1a) increase
1a1) of family
1a2) increment, interest, usury
1b) great number (of people)
1c) greatness (of wisdom)

See Greek: περισσεύω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַרְבִּית‎ noun feminine increase, great number, greatness; — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ absolute Lev 25:37 construct 1Sam 2:33 + 2t.; suffix ‎מַרְבִּיתָם‎ 1Chr 12:30* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:29*); —

1. increase, concrete:
a. of family 1Sam 2:33.
b. increment, interest, usury, Lev 25:37 (H; of food-stuffs, || ‎נֶשֶׁךְ‎, of money; ‎׳‎‎מ‎ of money Egyptian Aramaic, opposed to ‎ראש‎ principal, Cooke^{North-Semitic Inscr. 404}).

2. great number: of people 2Chr 30:18 with suffix = the greater part of them, 1Chr 12:30* (see above).

3. greatness, of wisdom 2Chr 9:6.

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