Abundance (in any respect)
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H7230 names abundance, multitude, greatness, or a large amount, and its moral force depends entirely on what has become great or numerous. The noun can describe many people, plentiful goods, great mercy, much grief, extensive folly, or multiplied wrongdoing, so quantity does not by itself signal blessing or approval.
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H7230 names abundance, multitude, greatness, or a large amount, and its moral force depends entirely on what has become great or numerous. The noun can describe many people, plentiful goods, great mercy, much grief, extensive folly, or multiplied wrongdoing, so quantity does not by itself signal blessing or approval.
The BSB source-word alignment has 147 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include an abundance (8), in abundance (6), many (6), . . . (3), abundant (3).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 16:10. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Chronicles (27), Psalms (17), Ezekiel (12), Proverbs (12).
H7230 names abundance, multitude, greatness, or a large amount, and its moral force depends entirely on what has become great or numerous. The noun can describe many people, plentiful goods, great mercy, much grief, extensive folly, or multiplied wrongdoing, so quantity does not by itself signal blessing or approval. In Deut. 1. 10, moses tells Israel that the Lord has multiplied them until they are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
In Eccl. 1. 18, the Teacher concludes that much wisdom brings much sorrow and increasing knowledge also increases grief under lifes burdens. H7230 opens teaching on abundance that blesses, abundance that burdens, and the need to ask what has multiplied rather than assuming that more is always better. It corrects prosperity measures that equate numbers, wealth, knowledge, or visibility with Gods favor, while also resisting scarcity thinking that forgets the abundance of His covenant devotion.
H7230 measures abundance without giving quantity a fixed moral value: Moses sees Israels multitude as Gods multiplying gift, Ecclesiastes observes that much wisdom can bring much sorrow, and the psalmist enters Gods house by the abundance of His loving devotion. People, insight, grief, goods, sin, and mercy can all become great. Wisdom therefore asks not only how much, but what kind, from whom, and toward what end.
For H7230, responsible teaching keeps lexical meaning, passage context, canonical synthesis, and present application distinguishable. H7230 does not promise wealth to faithful people, make large congregations automatically healthy, treat grief as evidence of excessive wisdom, or imply that divine love can be measured like a limited commodity.
H7230 appears across passages that develop fruitful multiplication, abundant covenant love, material plenty, multiplied sorrow, great folly, moral excess, and grateful stewardship. For H7230, the immediate setting decides which part of the range is active, so the witnesses must remain distinct rather than being merged into one formula.
The Lord your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Moses tells Israel that the Lord has multiplied them until they are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
The Teacher concludes that much wisdom brings much sorrow and increasing knowledge also increases grief under lifes burdens.
But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
The psalmist enters Gods house by the abundance of His loving devotion and bows toward the holy temple in reverence.
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Hebrew word. Quantitative abundance shifting from literal multitude to intensified quality; theological weight in divine provision and blessing language.
Quantitative abundance shifting from literal multitude to intensified quality; theological weight in divine provision and blessing language.
abundance (in any respect) BDB: multitude Usage: abundance(-antly), all, × common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), × very (age).
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H7230 measures abundance without giving quantity a fixed moral value: Moses sees Israels multitude as Gods multiplying gift, Ecclesiastes observes that much wisdom can bring much sorrow, and the psalmist enters Gods house by the abundance of His loving devotion. People, insight, grief, goods, sin, and mercy can all become great. Wisdom therefore asks not only how much, but what kind, from whom, and toward what end.
H7230 names abundance, multitude, greatness, or a large amount, and its moral force depends entirely on what has become great or numerous. The selected witnesses keep the teaching concrete: Deut. 1. 10 shows that moses tells Israel that the Lord has multiplied them until they are as numerous as the stars in the sky, while Eccl. 1. 18 shows that the Teacher concludes that much wisdom brings much sorrow and increasing knowledge also increases grief under lifes burdens.
Ps. 5. 7 adds that the psalmist enters Gods house by the abundance of His loving devotion and bows toward the holy temple in reverence. H7230 opens teaching on abundance that blesses, abundance that burdens, and the need to ask what has multiplied rather than assuming that more is always better. It corrects prosperity measures that equate numbers, wealth, knowledge, or visibility with Gods favor, while also resisting scarcity thinking that forgets the abundance of His covenant devotion.
A church teaching H7230 faithfully will name both the promise and the boundary carried by these contexts, attend to vulnerable hearers, and refuse to make the lexical item prove more than its passages support. H7230 does not promise wealth to faithful people, make large congregations automatically healthy, treat grief as evidence of excessive wisdom, or imply that divine love can be measured like a limited commodity.
Deut.1.10
H7230 is a Hebrew noun for abundance, multitude, greatness, or large quantity; construct phrases and modifying relationships identify what is numerous or great.
The Old Testament celebrates multiplied descendants and abundant covenant devotion while warning about multiplied idols, sacrifices without justice, wealth, and sorrow. The New Testament likewise speaks of abundant grace and fruit alongside the deceitfulness of riches and the responsibility of generous stewardship.