To mate
רָבַעStrong’s H7250rava (ra-va)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rava is the Hebrew word usually translated “stretch out with it”, “make lie” and “stretch out with”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.”
Meaning
- To lie stretched out, lie down(Qal) · (Hiphil) to cause to lay down (of cattle breeding)
How it's translated
- to stretch out with it 1
- you will make lie 1
- to stretch out with 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 19:19Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
- Leviticus 20:16And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Hebrew dictionary
רָבַע rava · to mate
1) to lie stretched out, lie down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lie down 1a1a) for repose 1a1b) for copulation (of woman with beast) 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to lay down (of cattle breeding) Also means: re.va (רֶבַע "to lie down" H7252)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “mate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MATE, noun
- A companion; an associate; one who customarily associates with another.
- A husband or wife.
- The male or female of animals which associate for propagation and the care of their young.
- One that eats at the same table.
All definitions and other forms of “mate”
- One that attends the same school; a school-mate.
- An officer in a merchant ship or ship of war, whose duty is to assist the master or commander.
MATE, noun
In chess, the state of the king so situated that he cannot escape.
MATE, verb transitive
To match; to marry.
- To equal; to be equal to.
- To oppose; to equal.
MATE, verb transitive
To enervate; to subdue; to crush.
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.