raba · Rabbah

What it means

raba (רַבָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Rabbah”.

The capital of the sons of Ammon; also a town in Judah. The name means "great."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Deuteronomy×1
• Joshua×2
• 2 Samuel×5
• 1 Chronicles×2
• Jeremiah×2
• Ezekiel×2
• Amos×1

• Deuteronomy 3:11

  (For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Look, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length and four cubits its width, by the cubit of a man.)

• Joshua 13:25

  And their territory was Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the sons of Ammon, as far as Aroer, which is east of Rabbah;

• Joshua 15:60

  Kiriath-baal (that is Kiriath-jearim) and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.

• 2 Samuel 11:1

  And it happened, at the turn of the year, at the time when the kings go out, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem.

• 2 Samuel 12:26

  Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and took the city of the kingdom.

• 2 Samuel 12:27

  Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah; I have also taken the city of the waters.

• 2 Samuel 12:29

  So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, fought against it, and took it.

• 2 Samuel 17:27

  When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

• 1 Chronicles 20:1

  And it happened, at the turn of the year, at the time when the kings go out, that Joab led out the force of the army and destroyed the land of the sons of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and tore it down.

• Jeremiah 49:2

  Therefore, look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will make heard against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon the shout of war; and it will become a mound of desolation, and her daughters will be burned with fire; and Israel will possess those who possessed him, says YHWH.

• Jeremiah 49:3

  Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is devastated! Cry out, daughters of Rabbah! Gird on sackcloth, lament, and run to and fro among the enclosures; for their king will go into exile, his priests and his princes together.

• Ezekiel 21:20

  A road you will set for the sword to come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem, the fortified.

• Ezekiel 25:5

  And I will make Rabbah a fold for camels and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks; and you will know that I am YHWH.

• Amos 1:14

  And I will kindle fire on the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour her citadels, with a war cry on the day of battle, with a tempest on the day of the whirlwind.

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