Lexical Definition

‎רִבּוֹ‎ ribbôw (rib-bo') ten thousand ^H:N
from ‎רָבַב‎; or רִבּוֹא ribbôwʼ (rib-bo') from ‎רָבַב‎

great things, ten ((eight) -een, (for) -ty, [phrase] sixscore, [phrase] threescore, [idiom] twenty, (twen) -ty) thousand.

• a myriad, i.e. indefinitely, large number

1) ten thousand, myriad

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: rib.bo (‎ר‎ִ‎ב‎ּ‎ו‎ֹ "myriad" רִבּוֹ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: רָבַב

‎רִבּוֺ‎, ‎רִבּוֺא‎ noun feminine^{Ezra 2:64} ten thousand, myriad (later (Aramaizing) synonym of foregoing; perhaps for Aramaic ‎רִבּוּ(תׅ‎, Kö^{ii. 1, 221 f.}, but Palmyrene ‎רבו‎ Lzb³⁶⁷); — absolute ‎רִבּוֺ‎ 1Chr 29:7 (twice in verse); Jonah 4:11 (? construct), + construct Hos 8:12 Kt (see below); ‎רִבּוֺא‎ Ezra 2:64 = Neh 7:66; Neh 7:71* (van d. H. vNeh 7:72*), du ‎רִבֹּתַיִם‎ Ps 68:18* plural ‎רִבּוֺת‎ Neh 7:70* (van d. H. vNeh 7:17), ‎רִבֹּאוֺת‎ Ezra 2:69; Dan 11:12 — ten thousand; of person, 4*10,000+200+3*100+60 Ezra 2:64 = Neh 7:66 12*10,000+n. Jonah 4:11 indefinite Dan 11:12 he shall cast down myriads; read ‎רִבּוֺת‎ also vDan 11:41 (for ᵑ0 ‎רַבּוֺת‎) Kmp Bev Behrm Marti Prince; of things, especially units of value, noun + 10,00 1Chr 29:7, noun + 6*10,000 + 1000 Ezra 2:69 || noun + 2*10000 Neh 7:70*; Neh 7:71* (see above); 10,000 + 8*1000 + noun 1Chr 29:7 indefinite ‎רֶכֶב אֱלֹתִים רִבֹּתַיִם‎ Ps 68:18* (|| ‎אלפים‎); — ‎רִבּוֺ‎ ‎תוֺרָתִי‎ Hos 8:12 (Kt 10,00[precepts] of my instruction would be only early instance, see ‎רֹב‎.

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