Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to grow great
Usage: 1) to grow great 1a) (P'al) to grow long, grow tall and large, grow great, increase 1b) (Pael) to make great
Rebah means “make a great man” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7236 רְבָה (rbah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. rbah (reb-aw') v. 1. make a great man, grow [(Aramaic) corresponding to H7235] It has 5 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include great. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
rbah (reb-aw') v. 1. make a great man, grow [(Aramaic) corresponding to H7235] Root(s): H7235
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to grow great
Usage: 1) to grow great 1a) (P'al) to grow long, grow tall and large, grow great, increase 1b) (Pael) to make great
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render rbah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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5 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7236.
Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7236, grouped by book.
Rebah (Strong's H7236) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "make a great man". rbah (reb-aw') v. 1. make a great man, grow [(Aramaic) corresponding to H7235]
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's H7236 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7236 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as great. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.