רַב adjective great (ᵑ7 Syriac); — absolute Daniel 2:31 +, construct Daniel 2:14 +; emphatic masculine רַבָּא Ezra 4:10 +; feminine רַבְּתָא Daniel 4:27; masculine plural redupl. רַבְרְבִין (K^{§ 59, 4}) Daniel 3:33, feminine plural בָן- Daniel 2:48 +, emphatic ָ֯ תָא Daniel 7:11,17; —

1 great, literally, of image Daniel 2:31, rock Daniel 2:35, city Daniel 4:27, sea Daniel 7:2, beast Daniel 7:3; Daniel 7:17, teeth Daniel 7:7, gifts Daniel 2:48; great, imposing, feast Daniel 5:1, signs Daniel 3:33, words Daniel 7:8,11,20; with מִן compare Daniel 7:20.

2 figurative of power, influence, etc.: great king Daniel 2:10; Ezra 4:10; Ezra 5:11 (compare Zinjirli מלכן רברבן Cooke¹⁸³), God Ezra 5:8; Daniel 2:45.

3 as noun = captain, chief: רַב טַבָּחַיָּא Daniel 2:14, סִגְנִין ׳ר Daniel 2:48, חַרְטֻמַּיָּא ׳ר Daniel 4:6; Daniel 5:11.