4768. marbith

Lexicon

marbith: gain, greatest part, greatness

Original Word: מַרְבִּית
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: marbiyth
Pronunciation: mar-beeth'
Phonetic Spelling: (mar-beeth')
KJV: greatest part, greatness, increase, multitude
NASB: gain, greatest part, greatness, increase, multitude
Word Origin: [from H7235 (רָבָה - To increase)]

1. a multitude
2. also offspring
3. specifically interest (on capital)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

greatest part, greatness, increase, multitude

From rabah; a multitude; also offspring; specifically interest (on capital) -- greatest part, greatness, increase, multitude.

see HEBREW rabah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from rabah
Definition
increase, great number, greatness
NASB Translation
gain (1), greatest part (1), greatness (1), increase (1), multitude (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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.1 Chronicles 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, Cooke^{North-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.

Forms and Transliterations

וּבְמַרְבִּ֖ית ובמרבית מַרְבִּ֣ית מַרְבִּ֥ית מַרְבִּיתָ֔ם מרבית מרביתם mar·bî·ṯām mar·bîṯ marBit marbîṯ marbiTam marbîṯām ū·ḇə·mar·bîṯ ūḇəmarbîṯ uvemarBit

Englishman's Concordance

Leviticus 25:37
HEB: ל֖וֹ בְּנֶ֑שֶׁךְ וּבְמַרְבִּ֖ית לֹא־ תִתֵּ֥ן
NAS: nor your food for gain.
KJV: him thy victuals for increase.
INT: give interest gain nor give

1 Samuel 2:33
HEB: נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְכָל־ מַרְבִּ֥ית בֵּיתְךָ֖ יָמ֥וּתוּ
NAS: and all the increase of your house
KJV: thine heart: and all the increase of thine house
INT: and your soul and all the increase of your house will die

1 Chronicles 12:30
HEB: וְעַד־ הֵ֙נָּה֙ מַרְבִּיתָ֔ם שֹׁמְרִ֕ים מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת
INT: against here greatest part beward charge

2 Chronicles 9:6
HEB: לִ֔י חֲצִ֖י מַרְבִּ֣ית חָכְמָתֶ֑ךָ יָסַ֕פְתָּ
NAS: the half of the greatness of your wisdom
KJV: [it]: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom
INT: told the half of the greatness of your wisdom surpass

2 Chronicles 30:18
HEB: כִּ֣י מַרְבִּ֣ית הָעָ֡ם רַ֠בַּת
NAS: For a multitude of the people,
KJV: For a multitude of the people,
INT: yet A multitude of the people many

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4768
5 Occurrences

mar·bîṯ — 3 Occ.
mar·bî·ṯām — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·mar·bîṯ — 1 Occ.