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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #6144 - עָר
Transliteration
ʻÂr
Phonetics
awr
Root Word (Etymology)
the same as (H5892)
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Ar = “a city”
1) a city of Moab located south of the Arnon river; perhaps the capital
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (6)
Numbers
2
Deuteronomy
3
Isaiah
1
NAS (6)
Numbers
2
Deuteronomy
3
Isaiah
1
HCS (6)
Numbers
2
Deuteronomy
3
Isaiah
1
BSB (6)
Numbers
2
Deuteronomy
3
Isaiah
1
ESV (6)
Numbers
2
Deuteronomy
3
Isaiah
1
WEB (7)
Numbers
2
Deuteronomy
4
Isaiah
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
I. עָר proper name, of a location in Moab, south of Arnon (Ηρ Numbers 21:15, elsewhere chiefly Αροηρ); — ׳ע Numbers 21:15; Deuteronomy 2:9,18,29; עָר מוֺאָד Numbers 21:28; Isaiah 15:1; — usually interpreted as capital city (עָר = עִיר) of Moab (DHM ZMG xxxvii (1883), 398 compare Sabean ער fortified height, compare Mordtm Him. Inschr. 29 HalÉt. Sab. 159 so Arabic 
, dialect of Yemen); Buhl Geogr.269f. thinks name of district South of Arnon.
, dialect of Yemen); Buhl Geogr.269f. thinks name of district South of Arnon.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
עָר m.
(1) i.q. עִיר a city, which see (hence pl. עָרִים). In sing. עָר Numbers 21:15; Deuteronomy 2:9, and fully עָר־מֹואָב (city of Moab), Numbers 21:28; Isaiah 15:1, pr.n. of the metropolis of Moab, situated on the southern shore of Arnon, Gr. Ἀρεόπολις (which those who did not know the true origin, rendered city of Mars); Abulfeda ماب and الربة, now called Rabba. See Relandi Palæstina, p. 577; Burckhardt’s Reise nach Syrien, p. 640.
(2) an enemy, see the root עִיר No. 2, 1 Samuel 28:16. Plur. Psalms 9:7, 139:20.
עָר Ch. i.q. Heb. No. 2, Daniel 4:16.
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List of Word Forms
בְּעָ֑ר בער עָ֑ר עָ֖ר עָ֣ר עָ֤ר עָֽר׃ ער ער׃ ‘ār Ar bə‘ār bə·‘ār beAr
