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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #4764 - מֵרַב

Transliteration

Mêrâb

Phonetics

may-rawb'

Origin

from (H7231)

Parts of Speech

proper feminine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Merab = "increase"
1. the eldest daughter of king Saul; promised to David but given instead to Adriel the Meholathite; mother of 5 children

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

1 Samuel 3

BSB (3)

1 Samuel 3

CSB (3)

1 Samuel 3

ESV (3)

1 Samuel 3

KJV (3)

1 Samuel 3

LEB (3)

1 Samuel 3

LSB (4)

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 1

N95 (4)

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 1

NAS (4)

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

1 Samuel 3

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מֵרַב proper name, feminine elder daughter of Saul 1 Samuel 14:49, promised to David 1 Samuel 18:17; but given to Adriel 1 Samuel 18:19 (read also 2 Samuel 21:8 for מִיבַלᵐ5^L ᵑ6 Th Dr Klo Kit Bu Löhr HPS). ᵐ5 Μεροβ.

מַרְבַדִּים see II. רבד.

מִרְבָּה, מַרְבֶּה, מַרְבִּית.

מַרְבֵּץ see רבץ. מַרְבֵּק see רבק

מַרְגּוֺעַ see II. רגע. [מַרְגְּלוֺת] see רגל

מַרְגֵּמָה see רגם. מַרְגֵּעָה see II. רגע

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מֵרַב (“multiplication,” from the root רָבַב, of the form מֵסַב), [Merab], pr.name of a daughter of Saul, 1 Samuel 14:49, 18:17, 19 1 Samuel 18:19.

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List of Word Forms

מֵרַ֔ב מֵרַ֥ב מֵרַב֙ מרב mê·raḇ mêraḇ meRav