Lexical Definition

‎רֹב‎ rôb (robe) abundance ^H:N-M
from ‎רָבַב‎

abundance(-antly), all, [idiom] common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), [idiom] very (age).

• abundance (in any respect)

1) multitude, abundance, greatness
1a) multitude
1a1) abundance, abundantly
1a2) numerous
1b) greatness

See Greek: μεγάλως · μέγας · πλῆθος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: רָבַב

‎רב‎₁₅₁ noun masculine^{Job 11:2} multitude, abundance, greatness; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Gen 16:10 +, ‎רוֺב‎ 1Chr 4:38; 2Chr 31:10 + Job 33:19 Qr (Kt ‎ריב‎); construct ‎רֹב‎ Exod 15:7 + (‎רֹבֿ‎ Job 37:23 Baer Gi), ‎רָבֿ‎ Job 23:6 +; 2Kgs 19:23 and plural construct ‎רֻבֵּי‎ Hos 8:12 see below;

1. multitude (c. 125 t.): of person Hos 10:13; Prov 14:28; Prov 20:6; Esth 10:3 +; of things Isa 1:11; Isa 47:12; Ezek 27:18; Lev 27:16; Prov 10:19; Job 11:2 +; = great quantity, abundance Gen 27:28; Hos 9:7 + often (2Kgs 19:23 Qr [= Isa 37:24 Kt ], > Kt ‎רכב‎; 2Chr 24:27 Kt ‎ורב‎ > Qr ‎יִרֶב‎), + (of time) ‎רֹב שָׁנִים‎ Job 32:8 (Gi; vJob 32:7 van d. H., Baer), ‎בְּרֹב‎ ‎יָמִים‎ Eccl 11:1 = whole number (of bones) Job 4:14; Job 33:19 (Qr; Kt ‎ריב‎); especially ‎לָרֹב‎ in respect of, for, multitude, in simile, like sand, stars, etc., Josh 11:4 (JE), 1Sam 13:5; 2Sam 17:11 +10 t.; = abundantly, with verb (= ‎הַרְבֵּה‎) Gen 30:30 (J), Gen 48:16 (E), 1Kgs 1:19; 1Kgs 1:25; 1Kgs 10:10 usually late Neh 9:25; Job 26:3; Zech 14:14; 1Chr 4:30; 2Chr 9:9 (|| ‎הַרְבֵּה‎ 1Kgs 10:10) + 23 t. Chronicles; as predicate with ‎הָיָה‎ 1Chr 22:14 = in great numbers, 2Chr 30:5; 2Chr 30:24 nearly = adjective (c.substantive; = ‎רַב‎) 2Chr 9:1 (|| ‎רַב‎ 1Kgs 10:2), 1Kgs 16:8; 1Kgs 24:24; 1Kgs 30:13 ‎מֵרֹב‎ from multitude of, Deut 7:7; Deut 28:47 + 14 t.; absolute from (for) mult. 1Kgs 7:47; Gen 16:10; Gen 32:13* (J), 1Kgs 3:8; 1Kgs 8:5 = 2Chr 5:6.

2. greatness (c. 26 t.): ‎שִׂיחִי‎ ‎׳‎‎מֵר‎ 1Sam 1:16, ‎רֹב חַסְרֶּ֑ךָ‎ Neh 13:22; Ps 5:8*; Ps 69:14*, compare Ps 106:45, ‎כֹּחַ‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Isa 63:1; Job 23:6; Job 30:18; Ps 33:16, etc.; read ‎רֹב‎ probably also (for ‎דַב‎) Isa 63:7; Ps 145:7 = length of journey (compare verb Josh 9:13) ‎בְּרֹב דַּרְכֵךְ‎ Isa 57:10; Hos 8:12 Qr ‎רֻבֵּי תוֺרָתִי‎ = greatnesses [great things], or numerous things of my law, but form dubious read perhaps ‎רֹב תּוֺרֹתַי‎ (sub 1), so We (compare ᵐ5); Gr and others ‎דִּבְרֵי‎; > Kt ‎רבו‎, see ‎רִבּוֺ‎. — Lev 25:16; Deut 7:7; Hos 4:7 see √

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