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Much

מִרְבָּהStrong’s H4767

mirbah (mir-bah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

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Mirbah is the Hebrew word usually translated “much”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.”
Ezekiel 23:32 KJV
Meaning
  1. Much
How it's translated
  • much 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Ezekiel 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    מִרְבָּה mirbah · much

    much

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    MUCH, adjective

    1. Great in quantity or amount.“Thou shalt carry much seed into the field, and gather but little in” Deuteronomy 28:38“Manasseh wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to anger” 2 Kings 21:6
    2. Long in duration.
    3. Many in number.“Edom came out against him with much people” Numbers 20:20
    All definitions and other forms of “much”

      MUCH, adverb

      In a great degree; by far; qualifying adjectives of the comparative degree; as much more, much stronger, much heavier, much more splendid, much higher. So we say, much less, much smaller, much less distinguished, much weaker, much finer.

      1. To a great degree or extent; qualifying verbs and participles.“Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David” 1 Samuel 19:2“It is a night to be much observed” Exodus 12:42“The soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way” Numbers 21:4
      2. Often or long.
      3. Nearly.

      MUCH, noun

      A great quantity; a great deal.

      1. “He that gathered much had nothing over” Exodus 16:18“To whom much is given, of him much shall be required” Luke 12:48
      2. More than enough; a heavy service or burden.
      3. An uncommon thing; something strange.
      4. A certain or suitable quantity.“Then take as much as thy soul desireth” 1 Samuel 2:16
      5. To an equal degree; adverbially.“In all Israel, there was none to be so much praised as Absalom” 2 Samuel 14:25
      6. To fondle.

      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.