Rabīʿah
ربيعة
Say it ra-BEE-ah
A stone lifted to show strength
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- r-b-ʿ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Rabia, Rabiah, Rabee’ah
Meaning & source
A stone lifted to show a man’s strength (Lisān).
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والمَرْبُوعُ والرَّبيعة: الْحَجَرُ المَرْفُوع، وَقِيلَ: الَّذِي يُشال.
Who carried this name
- Rabīʿah ibn Kaʿb al-Aslamī, who served the Prophet Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 2629 (vol. 2, p. 394)