Senses
1. Rabbah (Ammonite capital) — Rabbah (רַבָּה), the capital city of the Ammonites, modern Amman, Jordan. The name means 'great' and often appears in the fuller form רַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן (Rabbah of the sons of Ammon). All occurrences refer to this single city: Og's iron bedstead was in Rabbah (Deut 3:11), David's war against Rabbah (2 Sam 11:1, 12:26-29; 1 Chr 20:1), prophetic oracles against Rabbah (Jer 49:2-3; Ezek 21:20, 25:5; Amos 1:14). Arabic رَبَّةَ, Korean 랍바/램바, Spanish Rabá/Rabbah, Hindi रब्बाह/रब्बा, German Rabbah. The various prepositional forms (ב/מ/ל + Rabbah) and the Joshua 15:60 occurrence (a different Rabbah in Judah's hill country) are all the same proper noun. Cross-linguistically uniform as a transliterated place name across all target languages. 15×
AR["رَبَّةَ","رَبَّةِ","رَبّةَ","في-رَبَّةَ","فِي-رَبَّةِ","مِنْ-رَبَّةِ","وَ-الرَّبّةُ"]·ben["এবং-রব্বা","রব্বতে-","রব্বা","রব্বা-থেকে","রব্বাকে","রব্বাতে","রব্বার","রব্বার-বিরুদ্ধে"]·DE["Rabbah","[רבת]","gegen-Rabbah","gegen-Rabbah-von","grosse","in-Rabbah","mehrte","und-der-Rabbah","vermehrte","von-Rabbah","zu-Rabbah"]·EN["Rabbah","Rabbah-of","against-Rabbah","against-Rabbah-of","and-the-Rabbah","from-Rabbah","in-Rabbah","toward-Rabbah"]·FR["Rabbah","[רבה]","[רבת]","contre-Rabbah","contre-Rabbah-de","dans-Rabbah","de-Rabbah","et-le-Rabbah","grande","vers-Rabbah"]·heb["ב-רבה","ב-רבת","ו-ה-רבה","מ-רבת","רבה","רבת","רבתה"]·HI["उसकी-लम्बाई","और-रब्बा","रब्बा","रब्बा-की","रब्बा-से","रब्बाह","रब्बाह-में"]·ID["Raba","dan-Raba","dari-Raba","di-Raba","ke-Raba","melawan-Raba"]·IT["Rabba","Rabbah","[רבה]","[רבת]","contro-Rabba","contro-Rabba-di","da-Rabba","e-il-Rabbah","grande","in-Rabbah","verso-Rabba"]·jav["Raba","ing-Raba","lan-Raba","saking-Raba"]·KO["그리고-랍바","랍바-에","랍바를","랍바에","랍바에게","랍바의","랠바의","램바","램바의","에-랍바","에서-랍바"]·PT["Rabbah","Rabbah-de","Rabá","a-Rabbah","contra-Rabbah","contra-Rabbah-de","de-Rabbah","e-HaRabbah","em-Rabá-de"]·RU["Раббы","Равву","Раввы","в-Раббат","в-Равву","для-пастбища","и-Рабба","из-Раввы","с-Раввою"]·ES["Rabbah","Rabbah-de","Rabbá","Rabá","a-Rabá","contra-Rabá","contra-Rabá-de","de-Rabá","en-Rabá","y-Rabá"]·SW["Raba","dhidi-ya-Raba","dhidi-ya-Raba-ya","katika-Raba-ya","kutoka-Raba","na-Raba"]·TR["Rabba","Rabba'da","Rabba'da-","Rabba'dan","Rabba'nın","Rabba'ya","Rabba'yı","Rabbah'a","Rabbah'nın","ve-Rabba"]·urd["اور-ربہ","رباہ","ربّہ","ربّہ-میں","ربہ","ربہ-سے","ربہ-کی","ربہ-کے"]
Deut 3:11, Josh 13:25, Josh 15:60, 2 Sam 11:1, 2 Sam 12:26, 2 Sam 12:27, 2 Sam 12:29, 2 Sam 17:27, 1 Chr 20:1, 1 Chr 20:1, Jer 49:2, Jer 49:3 (+3 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† רַבָּה n.pr.loc. Rabba (proposes great or populous, sc. city);— 1. capital of Ammonites: explicitly, רַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן 2 S 12:26, 27; 17:27; Dt 3:11; Je 49:2; Ez 21:25; רַבָּה alone 2 S 11:1 ‖ 1 Ch 20:1(×2), Am 1:14; Je 49:3; Ez 25:5; Jos 13:25 (P); c. ה loc. רַבָּ֑תָה 2 S 12:29; in Gk. period Philadelphia, LagOnom. 215, 94; 219, 82 (but Ραββαταμανα Polyb v. 71:4), mod. ʿAmmân, 13½ m. NE.…