Strong's Hebrew · H7235
H7235 râbâh
רָבָה
raw-baw'
to multiply
râbâh appears 226 times in Scripture, including Genesis 1:22 and Genesis 1:28. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to increase (in whatever respect)
In the King James Version
(bring in) abundance (× -antly), archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, × continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, × -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), × process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 226 times in Scripture
“For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.”
“Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.””
“God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.””
“But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.””
“To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.””
“So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.”
“And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.”
“Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
