Lexical Definition

‎רָבַע‎ râbaʻ (raw-bah') to square ^H:V
a primitive root (rather identical with ‎רָבַע‎ through the idea of sprawling 'at all fours' (or possibly the reverse is the order of deriv.); compare ‎אַרְבַּע‎); properly, to be four (sided); used only as denominative of ‎רֶבַע‎

(four-) square(-d).

• to be quadrate

1) to square, be squared
1a) (Qal) square (participle)
1b) (Pual) square (participle)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎רְבַע‎] verb denominative, only Passive participle squared, square; —

Qal Passive participle ‎רָבוּעַ‎ square, of altar Exod 27:1; Exod 30:2; Exod 37:25; Exod 38:1, compare Ezek 43:16 breastplate Ezek 30:2; Ezek 39:9 plural ‎רְבֻעִים‎, of doorways, etc. [on text see Kit Benz] 1Kgs 7:5 feminine singular ‎רְבֻעָה‎ as substantive = a square Ezek 41:21 (accusative Co Toy, omit ‎מְזוּזַת‎, and joining ‎׳‎‎ר‎ to vEzek 41:20 Krae reads ‎מְזוּזתֹ רְבֻעֹת‎, compare 1Kgs 6:33, ‎רְבִייְִ‎

2.). Pu`al Participle square, ‎מְרֻבַּע‎ Ezek 45:2, of piece of land; feminine singular ‎מְרֻבָּ֑עַת‎ Ezek 40:47, of court; feminine plural ‎מְרֻבָּעוֺת‎ 1Kgs 7:31 (opposed to ‎עֲנֻלּוֺת‎), of borders of bases (compare Sabean ‎רבעתם‎, a kind of square building, SabDenkm³¹).

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