Rabbah — the meaning of the Hebrew name רַבָּה

רַבָּה

Rabbâh · pronounced rab-baw' · Strong's H7237 · a place · also spelled Rabbath

Rabbah means great.

Built from

רַב rab (feminine of, H7227) — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

feminine of H7227; great; Rabbah, the name of two places in Palestine, East and West.

First appearance

Deut 3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. (KJV)

Every verse that names Rabbah

14 occurrences in 14 verses — Deuteronomy, Joshua, 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos

Deut 3:11Josh 13:25Josh 15:602Sam 11:12Sam 12:262Sam 12:272Sam 12:292Sam 17:271Chr 20:1Jer 49:2Jer 49:3Ezek 21:25Ezek 25:5Amos 1:14

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