H7241 - רָבִיב (râbîyb)

H7241 רָבִיב (râbîyb) raw-beeb'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

shower

Strong's Definition

a rain (as an accumulation of drops)

Derivation: from H7231 (רָבַב);

KJV Usage: shower.

TWOT Reference: 2099f

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) copious showers, heavy showers

1a) as bringing fertility

1b) of prophetic influence (fig)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4140

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) copious showers, heavy showers 1a) as bringing fertility 1b) of prophetic influence (fig)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רָבִיב râbý̂yb BDB Definition: 1) copious showers, heavy showers 1a) as bringing fertility 1b) of prophetic influence (figuratively) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7231 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2099f Total KJV Occurrences: 6

Bible Occurrences (6)

32:2

65:10 72:6

3:3 14:22

5:7

Deuteronomy 32:2

Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

Jeremiah 3:3

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute...; you refuse to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 14:22

Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You..., O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

Micah 5:7

Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind....