To multiply
רָבָהStrong’s H7235ravah (ra-vah)
Appears in 212 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ravah is the Hebrew word usually translated “much”, “multiply” and “increase”. It appears in 212 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.”
Meaning
- Be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous(Qal) · (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many · (Hiphil)
- (Qal) to shoot
How it's translated
- much 23
- and multiply 7
- i will increase 7
- and i will multiply 7
- many 7
- he will increase 6
- greatly 6
- and they increased 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 24
- Ezekiel 19
- Deuteronomy 16
- Ecclesiastes 15
- Exodus 11
- 1 Chronicles 10
31 books in all.
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Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 12:4In contextBut thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
- Zechariah 10:8In contextI will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
- Genesis 1:22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
- Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
- Genesis 3:16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
- Genesis 7:17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
All 212 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
רָבָה ravah · to multiply
1) be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to become many, become numerous, multiply (of people, animals, things) 1a2) to be or grow great 1b) (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make much, make many, have many 1c1a) to multiply, increase 1c1b) to make much to do, do much in respect of, transgress greatly 1c1c) to increase greatly or exceedingly 1c2) to make great, enlarge, do much Aramaic equivalent: re.vah (רְבָה "to grow great" H7236)
רָבָה ravah · to shoot
(Qal) to shoot
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “multiply” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MUL'TIPLY, verb transitive
[Latin multiplico; multus, many, and plico, to fold or double.]
- To increase in number; to make more by natural generation or production, or by addition; as, to multiply men, horses or other animals; to multiply evils.“I will multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt” Exodus 7:3
- In arithmetic, to increase any given number as many times as there are units in any other given number.
All definitions and other forms of “multiply”
MUL'TIPLY, verb intransitive
To grow or increase in number.
- “Be fruitful and multiply” Genesis 1:22“When men began to multiply on the face of the earth” Genesis 6:1
- To increase in extent; to extend; to spread.“The word of God grew and multiplied” Acts 12:24
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.