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Strong's #7251 - רָבַע
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- to square, be squared
- (Qal) square (participle)
- (Pual) square (participle)
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2744) obr (רבאה RBAh) AC: ? CO: Square AB: ?: The four sides of a square. [from: br- spread out]
V) obr (רבאה RBAh) - Square: To go down on the hands and knees in the sense of being on all fours. KJV (15): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Pual, Participle) square, foursquare, lay down, gender - Strongs: H7250 (רָבַע), H7251 (רָבַע)
Nm) obr (רבאה RBAh) - I. Squared:On the hands and knees in the sense of being on all fours. II. Quarter:As one side of a four sided square or a fourth. KJV (8): lying down, side fourth, square - Strongs: H7252 (רֶבַע), H7253 (רֶבַע)
e m) obir (ריבאה RYBAh) - Fourth: KJV (4): fourth - Strongs: H7256 (רִבֵּעַ)
gm) obfr (רובאה RWBAh) - Fourth: KJV (2): fourth - Strongs: H7255 (רֹבַע)
nm) obra (ארבאה ARBAh) - Four: [Hebrew and Aramaic; Also meaning forty when written in the plural form - miobra] KJV (144): four, fourth, forty, fortieth - Strongs: H702 (אַרְבָּעָה), H703 (אַרְבַּע), H705 (אַרְבָּעִים)
nf1 ) eobra (ארבאהה ARBAhH) - Four: KJV (316): four - Strongs: H702 (אַרְבָּעָה)
bfm) ioibr (רביאהי RBYAhY) - Fourth: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (62): fourth, foursquare - Strongs: H7243 (רְבִעִי), H7244 (רְבִיעָי)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Passive participle רָבוּעַ square, of altar Exodus 27:1; Exodus 30:2; Exodus 37:25; Exodus 38:1, compare Ezekiel 43:16; breastplate Ezekiel 30:2; Ezekiel 39:9; plural רְבֻעִים, of doorways, etc. [on text see Kit Benz] 1 Kings 7:5; feminine singular רְבֻעָה as substantive = a square Ezekiel 41:21 (accusative Co Toy, omit מְזוּזַת, and joining ׳ר to Ezekiel 41:20; Krae reads מְזוּזתֹ רְבֻעֹת, compare 1 Kings 6:33, רְבִייְִ 2).
Pu`al Participle square, מְרֻבַּע Ezekiel 45:2, of piece of land; feminine singular מְרֻבָּ֑עַת Ezekiel 40:47, of court; feminine plural מְרֻבָּעוֺת 1 Kings 7:31 (opposed to עֲנֻלּוֺת), of borders of bases (compare Sabean רבעתם, a kind of square building, SabDenkm31).
רָבַע
(1) i.q. רָבַץ to lie down, ע and צ being interchanged, see רֶבַע No. 1.
(2) to lie with any one, followed by an acc. used of bestiality, Leviticus 18:23, 20:16.
Hiphil, to cause or suffer to gender, Levit. 19:19.
II.
רָבַע denom. from רְבַע (with א prosthet. אַרְבַּע) four. Part. pass. רָבוּעַ foursquare, Exodus 27:1, 28:16. Part. Pu. מְרֻבָּע id., 1 Kings 7:31.
I. רֶבַע m. with suff. רִבְעִי lying down, Psalms 139:3 from the root רָבַע No. 1.
II. רֶבַע (from אַרְבַּע four)
(1) a fourth part, Exodus 29:40. Hence
(2) a side (one of four sides), Ezekiel 1:8, 17 Ezekiel 1:17, 43:17.
(3) [Rebah], pr.n. of a king of the Midianites, Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:21.
