The meaning of “מַרְבִּית”
Understanding marbîyth reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
greatest part, greatness, increase, multitude. - a multitude - also offspring - specifically interest (on capital) 1) in...
מַרְבִּית
greatest part, greatness, increase, multitude. - a multitude - also offspring - specifically interest (on capital) 1) increase, great number, multitude, greatness 1a) increase 1a1) of family 1a2) increment, interest, usury 1b) great number (of people) 1c) greatness (of wisdom)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Leviticus 25:37 | “Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.” Word: מַרְבִּית (marbîyth) | |
| 1 Samuel 2:33 | “And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.” Word: מַרְבִּית (marbîyth) | |
| 1 Chronicles 12:29 | “And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.” Word: מַרְבִּית (marbîyth) | |
| 2 Chronicles 9:6 | “Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.” Word: מַרְבִּית (marbîyth) | |
| 2 Chronicles 30:18 | “For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one” Word: מַרְבִּית (marbîyth) |
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