King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4768
Transliteration: marbith
Phonetic Spelling: (mar-beeth')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: increase, great number, greatness
Meaning: increase, great number, greatness
Word Summary
marbith: increase, great number, greatness
Original Word: מַרְבִּיתTransliteration: marbith
Phonetic Spelling: (mar-beeth')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: increase, great number, greatness
Meaning: increase, great number, greatness
Strong's Concordance
greatest part, greatness, increase, multitude From rabah; a multitude; also offspring; specifically interest (on capital) -- greatest part, greatness, increase, multitude.
see HEBREW rabah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4768. marbith
מַרְבִּית noun feminine increase, great number, greatness; — ׳מ absolute Leviticus 25:37; construct 1 Samuel 2:33 + 2t.; suffix מַרְבִּיתָם 1 Chronicles 12:30 (van d. H. v.12:29); —
1 increase, concrete:
a. of family 1 Samuel 2:33.
b. increment, interest, usury, Leviticus 25:37 (H; of food-stuffs, "" נֶשֶׁךְ, of money; ׳מ of money Egyptian Aramaic, opposed to ראש principal, CookeNorth-Semitic Inscr. 404).
2 great number: of people 2 Chronicles 30:18; with suffix = the greater part of them, 1 Chronicles 12:30 (see above).
3 greatness, of wisdom 2 Chronicles 9:6.