Lexicon
רְבוּ
re.vu
H7238
A:N-F Hebrew

greatness

5
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1
Books
Hebrew
Language

re.vu denotes elevated status or authority granted within royal rule and dominion.

The attested use presents elevated status or authority as something given to a king, producing fear among peoples and appearing alongside kingdom and dominion; two occurrences are less clear because the translation does not isolate the term's contribution.

Senses in use

  1. Elevated royal status and authority · dominant

    In Daniel 5:18, the determined noun stands in the list of what the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar; the APB renders that list with “the kingdom, greatness, honor, and glory.” In Daniel 5:19, the same determined form is linked to the status given to him and to peoples trembling before him, while Daniel 7:27 places it with “kingdom” and “dominion” given to the holy ones. The construct form in Daniel 4:19 and the absolute form in Daniel 4:33 occur in verses whose APB renderings do not isolate the term's specific contribution.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly includes “greatness” in Daniel 5:18, Daniel 5:19, and Daniel 7:27. In Daniel 4:19 and Daniel 4:33, its translation does not make the term identifiable as a separate English expression.

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