What does קִרְיָה · מֶלֶךְ · רַב mean in the Bible?
קִרְיָה · מֶלֶךְ · רַב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "city of the great king".
Hebrew · H7151, H4428, H7227
קִרְיַת מֶלֶךְ רָב
A city · a king · abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
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קִרְיָהH7151a city
Pronunciationqiryah
Open lexicon entry →מֶלֶךְH4428a king
Pronunciationmelek
Open lexicon entry →רַבH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
Pronunciationrabbim
Abundance across multiple dimensions (quantity, quality, rank, time); often implies authority or leadership capacity.
Open lexicon entry →What does קִרְיַת מֶלֶךְ רָב (qiryat melek rav) mean in the Bible?
קִרְיָה · מֶלֶךְ · רַב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "city of the great king".
Full entry for קִרְיַת מֶלֶךְ רָב (H7151, H4428, H7227) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7151, H4428, H7227?
H7151, H4428, H7227 is connected to 3,016 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. city of the great king
Strong'sH7151, H4428, H7227
Lexical occurrences3,016 versesSource Gloss
city of the great king
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
קִרְיַת מֶלֶךְ רָב is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
G3197LXX equivalentGreek
ῥαββίrhabbíG4461LXX equivalentGreek
my master, i.e Rabbi, as an official title of honor