Abundance
רֹבStrong’s H7230rov
Appears in 144 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rov is the Hebrew word usually translated “abundance”, “multitude” and “from abundance of”. It appears in 144 verses of the Old Testament.
“And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:”
Meaning
- Multitude, abundance, greatnessmultitude · greatness
How it's translated
- to abundance 35
- for multitude 13
- from abundance of 7
- in abundance of 7
- according to greatness of 6
- in greatness of 6
- from multitude 5
- and abundance of 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 26
- Psalms 16
- Proverbs 12
- Isaiah 11
- Ezekiel 11
- 1 Chronicles 10
25 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 8:4In contextThus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
- Zechariah 14:14In contextAnd Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
- Genesis 16:10And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
- Genesis 27:28Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
- Genesis 30:30For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
- Genesis 32:12And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
All 144 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
רֹב rov · abundance
1) multitude, abundance, greatness 1a) multitude 1a1) abundance, abundantly 1a2) numerous 1b) greatness
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.