Definition

to increase (in whatever respect)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• (bring in) abundance ( -antly)
• archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב))
• be in authority
• bring up
• continue
• enlarge
• excel
• exceeding(-ly)
• be full of
• (be
• make) great(-er
• -ly
• -ness)
• grow up
• heap
• increase
• be long
• give
• have
• make
• use) many (a time)
• (any
• be
• give the
• have) more (in number)
• (ask
• be so
• gather
• over
• take
• yield) much (greater
• more)
• (make to) multiply
• nourish
• plenty(-eous)
• process (of time)
• sore
• store
• thoroughly
• very

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.