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×
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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)
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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.…