rava · square

What it means

rava (רָבַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “square”.

With four equal sides.

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.

Its senses in the Bible

1. With four equal sides.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Exodus×6
• 1 Kings×2
• Ezekiel×4

• Exodus 27:1

  You shall make the altar of acacia wood: five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and three cubits its height.

• Exodus 28:16

  It shall be square and doubled, a span its length and a span its width.

• Exodus 30:2

  A cubit its length and a cubit its width; it shall be square, and two cubits its height; its horns shall be of one piece with it.

• Exodus 37:25

  And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood; a cubit was its length, and a cubit its width, square, and two cubits its height; of one piece with it were its horns.

• Exodus 38:1

  And he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood; five cubits was its length, and five cubits its width, square, and three cubits its height.

• Exodus 39:9

  It was square; doubled they made the breastpiece, a span its length and a span its width, doubled.

• 1 Kings 7:5

  And all the entrances and the doorposts were square, with frame; and opposite, window to window, three times.

• 1 Kings 7:31

  And its mouth inside the capital and upward was a cubit; and its mouth was round, the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its mouth were carvings; and their panels were square, not round.

• Ezekiel 40:47

  And he measured the court, the length, a hundred cubits, and the width, a hundred cubits, square; and the altar was in front of the house.

• Ezekiel 41:21

  The temple: a square doorpost; and the front of the sanctuary, the appearance was like the appearance.

• Ezekiel 43:16

  And the altar hearth was twelve long by twelve wide, square on its four sides.

• Ezekiel 45:2

  Of this there shall be for the holy place five hundred by five hundred, square all around; and fifty cubits of pastureland it shall have all around.