ravrvan · noble, lord

What it means

ravrvan (רַבְרְבָן) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “noble, lord”.

Noble, great man (Aramaic): one of the lords of the king's court.

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. The great men of the kingdom.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Daniel 4:36

  At that time my understanding returned to me, and for the honor of my kingdom, my majesty and my splendor returned to me; and my advisers and my nobles sought me, and I was reestablished over my kingdom, and extraordinary greatness was added to me.

• Daniel 5:1

  King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and before the thousand he was drinking wine.

• Daniel 5:2

  Belshazzar, at the taste of the wine, said to bring the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them.

• Daniel 5:3

  Then they brought the vessels of gold that had been taken out of the temple of the house of Elah that was in Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them.

• Daniel 5:9

  Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his color changed on him, and his nobles were perplexed.

• Daniel 5:10

  The queen, because of the words of the king and his nobles, came into the house of the feast. The queen answered and said, “O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts trouble you, and do not let your color change.

• Daniel 5:23

  But against the Lord of the heavens you have lifted yourself up; and the vessels of his house they brought before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and the gods of silver and of gold, of bronze, of iron, of wood and of stone, which do not see or hear or know, you have praised; but the Elah in whose hand is your breath and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.

• Daniel 6:17

  And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his signet ring and with the signet ring of his nobles, so that nothing might be changed in the matter regarding Daniel.