Definition

properly, to cast together , i.e. increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriad

Etymology

a primitive root; (compare H7241 (רָבִיב)); also as denominative from H7233 (רְבָבָה);

Word family

• רָבִיב râbîyb
• רְבָבָה rᵉbâbâh

How the KJV renders it

• increase
• be many(-ifold)
• be more
• multiply
• ten thousands

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.