H7251 רָבַע (râbaʻ) raw-bah'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to square

Strong's Definition

to be quadrate

Derivation: a primitive root (rather identical with H7250 (רָבַע) through the idea of sprawling 'at all fours' (or possibly the reverse is the order of deriv.); compare H702 (אַרְבַּע)); properly, to be four (sided); used only as denominative of H7253 (רֶבַע);

KJV Usage: (four-) square(-d).

TWOT Reference: 2107

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to square, be squared

1a) (Qal) square (participle)

1b) (Pual) square (participle)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רָבַע (ra.va) — to square. 1) to square, be squared 1a) (Qal) square (participle) 1b) (Pual) square (participle)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רבע (H7250 · H7251 · H7252)

verb

Stance | verb qal

to lie down = action by which humans assume a horizontal position

PSA 139:3

Copulate | verb qal

to mate, to have intercourse literally: to lie down; hence: = actions by which humans assume a horizontal position to order to copulate with an animal

LEV 18:23 · LEV 20:16

Copulate | verb hif

to cause to mate literally: to cause to lie down; hence: = causative action by which humans cause animals to copulate with each other

LEV 19:19

verb · אַרְבַּע · רְבִיעִי · רֶבַע · רֹבַע · רִבֵּעַ

Shape

square = state in which an object has four sides of equal size

EXO 27:1 · EXO 28:16 · EXO 30:2 · EXO 37:25 · EXO 38:1 · EXO 39:9 · 1KI 7:5 · 1KI 7:31 · EZK 40:47 · EZK 41:21 · EZK 43:16 · EZK 45:2

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[רָבַע] vb. denom., only Pt. pass. squared, square;— Qal square

Pu. square

base

Bible Occurrences (12)

27:1 28:16 30:2 37:25 38:1 39:9

7:5 7:31

40:47 41:21 43:16 45:2

Exodus 27:1

You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

Exodus 28:16

It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.

Exodus 30:2

It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.

Exodus 37:25

He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.

Exodus 38:1

[Bezalel] constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

Exodus 39:9

[It] was square... when folded over double, a span long and a span wide....

1 Kings 7:5

All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another... in three tiers.

1 Kings 7:31

The opening [to each stand] inside the crown at the top [was] one cubit [deep], with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half [wide]. And around its opening [were] engravings, but the panels [of the stands] were square, not round.