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25 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 355
The Quran root و ه ب w-h-b
Words built from the root و ه ب ([w-h-b]) appear 25 times in the Quran. The most common is وَهَبَ, “grant”, which comes 22 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| وَهَبَ | wahaba | grant · We bestowed | 22 | |
| وَهّاب | wahhaab | Bestower | 3 |
Examples from the Quran
رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ ٨
وَهَبْ wahab · and grant
[Who say], "Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us and grant us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:8)
هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ ٣٨
هَبْ hab · grant
At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:38)
أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَائِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ الْعَزِيزِ الْوَهَّابِ ٩
الْوَهَّابِ l-wahābi · the Bestower
Or do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower? (Surah Sad, 38:9)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Maryam · 5×
- Surah Sad · 5×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 3×
- Surah Al-Anbya · 2×
- Surah Ash-Shu'ara · 2×
- Surah Ash-Shuraa · 2×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.
