Quick Definition
to stretch
Strong's Definition
to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: crouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.
TWOT Reference: 2109
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out
1a) (Qal) to lie down, lie
1b)(Hiphil) to cause to lie down
1b1) laying (stones)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out
1a) (Qal) to lie down, lie
1b)(Hiphil) to cause to lie down
1b1) laying (stones)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רָבַץ
râbats
BDB Definition:
1) to stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out
1a) (Qal) to lie down, lie
1b) (Hiphil) to cause to lie down
1b1) laying (stones)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2109
Total KJV Occurrences: 42