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rav describes something present in a large number, amount, or extent, including people, possessions, days, and distress.
The supplied verses show rav marking large quantity or extent: numerous people and repeated things, abundant material goods, and conditions described as great or extensive. Its singular and plural adjective forms accompany the items or circumstances being characterized rather than establishing separate lexical meanings.
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Large number, amount, or extent · dominant
The adjective marks a large quantity in varied settings: in 1 Kings 4:20 the APB renders Judah and Israel as “many,” while 1 Chronicles 18:8 describes David taking “very much bronze.” It also characterizes an extensive period in 1 Kings 18:1, many prophets in 1 Kings 18:25, and a great multitude advancing in 2 Chronicles 20:12.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB variously uses “many,” “much,” “great,” “numerous,” and “abundance.” These render the verse-level contexts of quantity or extent, not a word-by-word alignment.