To square
רָבַעStrong’s H7251rava (ra-va)
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rava is the Hebrew word usually translated “square”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.”
Meaning
- To square, be squared(Qal) square (participle) · (Pual) square (participle)
How it's translated
- square 10
- a square 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 6
- Ezekiel 4
- 1 Kings 2
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 28:16Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
- Exodus 30:2A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.
- Exodus 37:25And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
- Exodus 38:1And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
- Exodus 39:9It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
- 1 Kings 7:5And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
Hebrew dictionary
רָבַע rava · to square
1) to square, be squared 1a) (Qal) square (participle) 1b) (Pual) square (participle)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “square” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SQUARE, adjective
[Gr.]
- Having four equal sides and four right angles; as a square room; a square figure.
- Forming a right angle; as an instrument for striking lines square
- Parallel; exactly suitable; true.
- Having a straight front, or a frame formed with straight lines; not curving; as a man of a square frame; a square built man.
All definitions and other forms of “square”
- That does equal justice; exact; fair; honest; as square dealing.
- Even; leaving no balance.
SQUARE, noun
- A figure having four equal sides and four right angles.
- An area of four sides, with houses on each side.
- The content of the side of a figure squared.
- An instrument among mechanics by which they form right angles, or otherwise measure angles.
- Im geometry and arithmetic, a square or square number is the product of a number multiplied by itself.
- Rule; regularity; exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct.
- A square body of troops; a squadron; as the brave square of war. [Not in use.]
- A quaternion; four. [Not in use.]
- Level; equality.
- In astrology, quartile; the position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other.
- Rule; conformity; accord.
SQUARE, verb transitive
- To form with four equal sides and four right angles.
- To reduce to a square; to form to right angles; as, to square masons work.
- To reduce to any given measure or standard.
- To accommodate; to fit; as, square my trial to my strength.
- To respect in quartile.
- To make even, so as to leave no difference or balance; as, to square accounts; a popular phrase.
- In arithmetic, to multiply a number by itself; as, to square the number.
- In seamens language, to square the yards, is to place them at right angles with the mast or keel.
SQUARE, verb intransitive
- To suit; to fit; to quadrate; to accord or agree.
- To quarrel; to go to opposite sides.
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.