STRONGS NUMBER H7229


Word Summary
rab: great
Original Word: רַב
Transliteration: rab
Phonetic Spelling: (rab)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: great
Meaning: abundant
Strong's Concordance
captain, chief, great, lord, master, stout

(Aramaic) corresponding to rab -- captain, chief, great, lord, master, stout.

see HEBREW rab

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7229. rab

רַבadjective great (ᵑ7‎ Syriac); — absolute Daniel 2:31 +, construct 2:14 +; emphatic masculine רַבָּאEzra 4:10 +; feminine רַבְּתָאDaniel 4:27; masculine plural redupl. רַבְרְבִין‎ (K§ 59, 4) Daniel 3:33, feminine plural בָן‎- 2:48 +, emphatic תָא ָ֯7:11, 17; —

1 great, literally, of image Daniel 2:31, rock 2:35, city 4:27, sea 7:2, beast 7:3; 7:17, teeth 7:7, gifts 2:48; great, imposing, feast 5:1, signs Daniel 3:33, words 7:8, 11, 20; with מִן‎ compare 7:20.

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

3 as noun = captain, chief: טַבָּחַיָּא רַבDaniel 2:14, ׳ר סִגְנִין2:48, ׳ר חַרְטֻמַּיָּא4:6; 5:11.