Lexical Definition

‎רַב‎ rab (rab) great ^A:A
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎רַב‎

captain, chief, great, lord, master, stout.

• {abundant}

adj
1) great
1a) great
1b) great (fig of power)
n
2) captain, chief

Extended Information

Aramaic of: רַב

• adj
• n

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רַב‎ adjective great (ᵑ7 Syriac); — absolute Dan 2:31 +, construct vDan 2:14 +; emphatic masculine ‎רַבָּא‎ Ezra 4:10 +; feminine ‎רַבְּתָא‎ Dan 4:27* masculine plural redupl. ‎רַבְרְבִין‎ (K^{§ 59, 4}) Dan 3:33*, feminine plural ‎בָן‎- Dan 2:48 +, emphatic ‎ָ֯ תָא‎ Dan 7:11; Dan 7:17 —
l. great, literally, of image Dan 2:31, rock vDan 2:35, city Dan 4:27*, sea Dan 7:2, beast vDan 7:3 vDan 7:17, teeth vDan 7:7, gifts Dan 2:48 great, imposing, feast Dan 5:1, signs Dan 3:33*, words Dan 7:8; Dan 7:11; Dan 7:20 with ‎מִן‎ compare Dan 7:20.

2. figurative of power, influence, etc.: great king Dan 2:10; Ezra 4:10; Ezra 5:11 (compare Zinjirli ‎מלכן רברבן‎ Cooke¹⁸³), God Ezra 5:8; Dan 2:45.

3. as noun = captain, chief: ‎רַב טַבָּחַיָּא‎ Dan 2:14, ‎סִגְנִין‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ vDan 2:48, ‎חַרְטֻמַּיָּא‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Dan 4:6*; Dan 5:11.

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