Raba means “let gender” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7250 רָבַע (raba`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. raba` (raw-bah') v. 1. to squat or lie out flat, i.e. (specifically) in copulation [a primitive root] It has 3 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include lie and let. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
raba` (raw-bah') v. 1. to squat or lie out flat, i.e. (specifically) in copulation [a primitive root] KJV: let gender, lie down.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7250. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to mate
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render raba`, 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.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
3 indexed usages in 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.
Ye 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.
And 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.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7250.
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.
Ye 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.
And 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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7250, grouped by book.
Raba (Strong's H7250) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "let gender". raba` (raw-bah') v. 1. to squat or lie out flat, i.e. (specifically) in copulation [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's H7250 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7250 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lie and let. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.