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Nave Topical Bible
• Beth-Arabah
• Arabah
Dictionaries
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Arabah
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Beth-Arabah
• Arabah
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Beth-Arabah
• Arabah
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Brook of the Arabah
• Beth-Arabah
• Arabah
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Beth-Arabah
• Arabah
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Arabah
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Beth-arabah
• Arabah
Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Arabah
• Beth-Arabah
• Sea of the Arabah
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Arabah
• Beth-Arabah
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Arabah
• Arabah (2)
• Beth-Arabah
Lexicons
• בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה , הָעֲרָבָה
• עֲרָבָה

The Hebrews used the word arabah to denote semi-desert land. In particular they used the word as a name for that deep, hot and dry valley that ran north-south from the Sea of Galilee to the Gulf of Aqabah (the north-eastern arm of the Red Sea) (Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 2:8; Deuteronomy 4:49; Joshua 11:2; Joshua 18:18-19). The Dead Sea, which was the deepest part of this long valley, was known as the Sea of the Arabah (Deuteronomy 3:17). (For details see PALESTINE, sub-heading Arabah’.)