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Abundance

מַרְבֶהStrong’s H4766

marveh (mar-veh)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Marveh is the Hebrew word usually translated “increase of” and “abundance”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.”
Isaiah 9:7 KJV
Meaning
  1. Abundance, increaseabundance · increase
How it's translated
  • to increase of 1
  • in abundance 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 2

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

מַרְבֶה marveh · abundance

1) abundance, increase 1a) abundance 1b) increase

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “abundance” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

ABUND'ANCE, noun

Great plenty; an overflowing quantity; ample sufficiency; in strictness applicable to quantity only; but customarily used of number, as an abundance of peasants.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.