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Strong's #6160 - עֲרָבָה

Transliteration

ʻărâbâh

Phonetics

ar-aw-baw'

Origin

from (H6150) (in the sense of sterility)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

1688d

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 552 ‑ ἄπειρος (ap'‑i‑ros); 1093 ‑ γῆ (ghay); 1372 ‑ διψάω (dip‑sah'‑o); 1424 ‑ δυσμή (doos‑may'); 2048 ‑ ἔρημος (er'‑ay‑mos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (61)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 13

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 4

2 Kings 3

Job 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 9

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 1

BSB (60)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 13

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

2 Kings 3

Job 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 9

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 1

CSB (60)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 13

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 4

2 Kings 3

Job 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 9

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 1

ESV (59)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 13

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 4

2 Kings 3

Job 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 9

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 1

KJV (61)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 13

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 4

2 Kings 3

Job 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 9

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 1

LEB (59)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 9

Joshua 13

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

2 Kings 3

Job 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 9

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 1

LSB (65)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 16

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

2 Kings 3

Job 3

Psalms 1

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 9

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 1

N95 (63)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 16

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

2 Kings 3

Job 2

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 9

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 1

NAS (67)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 16

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

2 Kings 3

Job 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 9

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (62)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 13

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 4

2 Kings 3

Job 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 7

Jeremiah 9

Ezekiel 1

Amos 1

Zechariah 1

ASV (61)

and a desert 2

and all the arabah 2

and her desert 1

and in the arabah 2

and the arabah 2

and the desert 1

at the fords 2

at the plains 1

distributed in the plains 1

from the plains 1

him in the plains 1

in the arabah 3

in the desert 4

in the plains 11

into the arabah 1

is like a desert 1

of deserts 1

of the arabah 9

of the evenings 1

shall be made like the arabah 1

the arabah 3

the wilderness 2

thereunto, in the arabah 1

through the arabah 1

through the deserts 1

to the plains 1

toward the arabah 2

unto the arabah 1

with them in the plains 1

BSB (60)

and a desert 1

and arid 1

and her desert 1

and there on the plains 1

as well as the arabah 1

at the fords 1

beth-arabah 1

from the arabah 1

from the desert 1

from the plains 1

in the arabah 6

in the desert 4

in the plains 5

into a plain 1

into the valley 1

like a desert 1

of deserts 1

of the arabah 7

on the clouds 1

on the plains 7

so on the plains 1

the arabah 8

the desert 1

the plains 2

the wasteland 1

the wilderness 1

through the arabah 1

to the arabah 1

CSB (60)

an arabah 1

an arid plain 1

arabah 1

arid 1

desert 1

ford 1

like a desert 1

of deserts 1

plain 1

the arabah 24

the clouds 1

the desert 4

the fords 1

the plains 17

the valley 1

the wilderness 2

valley 1

ESV (59)

arabah 26

arid plain 1

beth-arabah 1

desert 9

deserts 2

evenings 1

plain 1

plains 17

wasteland 1

KJV (61)

arabah 2

champaign 1

desert 8

deserts 1

evenings 1

heavens 1

plain 22

plains 20

wilderness 5

LEB (59)

and a wilderness 1

and desert 1

and its desert 1

and the ⌊jordan valley⌋ 1

and the arabah 1

and wilderness 1

arabah 1

at the fords of 1

before the arabah 1

desert plains 1

from the desert plains 1

him in the arabah of 1

in the arabah 2

in the desert 3

in the desert plateau 1

in the jordan ⌊valley⌋ 1

in the jordan valley 1

in the plains of 2

in the wilderness 1

into a desert plateau 1

like the desert 1

on the clouds 1

on the desert plains of 1

on the desert-plateau of 2

on the desert-plateaus of 1

on the plains of 1

plateau of 6

the ⌊jordan valley⌋ 1

the arabah 13

the desert plateau of 1

the jordan valley 2

the plains of 1

the wilderness as 1

the wilderness is ⌊their⌋ 1

through the arabah 1

to the arabah 1

LSB (65)

arabah 28

desert 12

deserts 3

fords 1

plain 4

plains 17

N95 (63)

arabah 28

desert 11

deserts 2

fords 1

plain 3

plains 17

wilderness 1

NAS (67)

arabah 26

crossing 1

desert 14

deserts 3

places 1

plain 3

plains 17

river 1

wilderness 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (62)

and a desert 2

and all the arabah 2

and her desert 1

and in the arabah 1

and the arabah 1

at the fords 2

at the plains 1

distributed in the plains 1

from the plains 1

him in the plains 1

in the arabah 4

in the desert 4

in the plains 11

in the wilderness 1

into the arabah 1

is like a desert 1

of deserts 1

of the arabah 9

of the evenings 1

on the clouds 1

the arabah 4

the desert 1

the wilderness 2

through the arabah 1

to the arabah 1

to the plains 1

toward the arabah 2

will be made like the arabah 1

with them in the plains 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2907) b r g (גהרב GhRB) AC: Dark CO: Raven AB: ?: [from: bg]

V) b r g (גהרב GhRB) - Dark: To be dark as the evening sky. KJV (3): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) evening, darkened - Strongs: H6150 (עָרַב)

N^m) b r g (גהרב GhRB) - I. Dark:The dark of the evening or dark skinned people. II. Willow:From its shade and dark covering. KJV (142): even, evening, night, mingled, people, eventide, arabia, day - Strongs: H6153 (עֶרֶב), H6155 (עֲרָבָה)

N^f1) e b r g (גהרבה GhRBH) - Desert: As a dark place. KJV (61): plain, desert, wilderness, arbah, champaign, evening, heaven - Strongs: H6160 (עֲרָבָה)

g^m) b r f g (גהורב GhWRB) - Raven: As black in color. KJV (10): raven - Strongs: H6158 (עוֹרֵב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. עֲרָבָה₆₁ noun feminine desert-plain, steppe; — absolute ׳ע 2 Samuel 4:7 +, suffix עַרְבָתָהּ Isaiah 51:3; plural עֲרָבוֺת Jeremiah 5:6; Psalm 68:5, construct עַרְבוֺת 2 Kings 25:5 +, עַרְבֹת Jeremiah 52:8; —

1 earliest use:

a. arid steppe west of Dead Sea (in southern Judah) 1 Samuel 23:24, also Ezekiel 47:8; Isaiah 51:3, whence name ׳יָם הָע Joshua 3:16 (JE) "" יָם הַמֶּלַח), also 2 Kings 14:25; Deuteronomy 4:49, and ("" id.) Deuteronomy 3:17; Joshua 12:3 (D); נַחַל הָעֲרָבָה Amos 6:14 must be east of Dead Sea, si vera lectio, but read probably מִצְרַיִם׳נ see נַחַל.

b. Jordan-valley west of river + adjacent plain; near ford (opposite Jericho) 2 Samuel 2:29, compare Joshua 8:14 (JE); also Deuteronomy 11:30; 2 Kings 25:4 = Jeremiah 39:4 = Jeremiah 52:7; — 2 Samuel 15:28; 2 Samuel 17:16 see עֲבָרָה

c. Jordan-valley east of river 2 Samuel 4:7.

2 in D:

a. especially of east Jordan plain Deuteronomy 1:1 (probably) Joshua 12:1,3, east half of Jordan-valley Deuteronomy 3:17; Deuteronomy 4:49; of entire Jordan-valley (between כִּנֶּרֶת and Dead Sea, modern El-Ghôr, the Depression) Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 11:2,16; west Jordan plain only Joshua 12:8; depression south of Dead Sea (modern Wady el-`Arabah) Deuteronomy 2:8.

3 in P always plural construct עַרְבוֺת מוֺאָב (east Jordan) Numbers 22:1 11t. (see מוֺאָב); עְרֵחוֺ׳ע (West Jordan) Joshua 4:13; Joshua 5:10, also 2 Kings 25:5 = Jeremiah 39:5 = Jeremiah 52:8.

4 apparently North Arabian desert Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 41:19.

5 in General the steppe (often "" מִדְבָּר), Jeremiah 17:6; Jeremiah 50:12; Isaiah 33:9; Isaiah 35:1,6; Job 24:5; Job 39:6; Psalm 68:5; זְאֵב עֲרָבוֺת Jeremiah 5:6 (figurative of invader); compare description of Exodus אֶרֶץ עֲרָבָהוְשׁוּחָה Jeremiah 2:6; in simile, of a plain, of future land of Judah Zechariah 14:10. — See Dr^{Deuteronomy 1:1 and references} Buhl^{Geogr. 111}.

עַרְבָתִי see בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה

V. ערב (√ of following; compare Assyrian erêbu, enter, go in; erêb šamši, sunset; Arabic set (distinct from depart, = Sabean עֿרב withdraw, according to DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. 27}), place of sunset, west; Sabean מערבם, מערבי [not עֿ !] west, western, CIS^{iv. p. 199} DHM^l.c.; Ethiopic set (of heavenly bodies), so Syriac ; evening (Lag^{BN 64f.}); Zinjirli מערב west; Late Hebrew עֶרֶב = Biblical Hebrew. Hence also Εὐπώπη, Europe, Lewy^{Fremdw. 139}).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עֲרָבָה f. an arid, sterile region, a desert (see the root No. IV), Job 24:5; Isaiah 33:9, 35:1 51:3 Jeremiah 50:12, 51:43. With the art., הָעֲרָבָה is that low region into which the valley of the Jordan (الغور) runs near Jericho, and which extends as far as the Ælanitic gulf, Deuteronomy 1:1, 2:8 Joshua 12:1; 2 Samuel 4:7; 2 Kings 25:4 in which are the Dead Sea (hence called יָם הָעֲרָבָה the sea of the desert, Deuteronomy 4:49; Joshua 3:16, 12:3 2 Kings 14:25) and the brook Kedron, or נַחַל הָעֲרָבָה the stream of the desert, Amos 6:14 comp. 2 Kings 14:25, also עַרְבוֹת יְרֵחוֹ the plains of Jericho, Joshua 5:10; 2 Kings 25:5 and עַרְבוֹת מוֹאָב, see מוֹאָב.

(2) pr.n. of a town in the tribe of Benjamin, fully called בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה; see בַּיִת, letter kk.

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List of Word Forms

בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹת בְּעַֽרְב֥וֹת בְּעַֽרְבֹ֖ת בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת בְּעַֽרְבֹ֥ת בְּעַרְב֣וֹת בָּ֭עֲרָבוֹת בָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה בָּֽעֲרָבָה֩ בָּעֲרָבָ֑ה בָּעֲרָבָ֔ה בָּעֲרָבָ֗ה בָּעֲרָבָ֥ה בָּעֲרָבָֽה׃ בערבה בערבה׃ בערבות בערבת הָ֨עֲרָבָ֜ה הָֽעֲרָבָ֑ה הָֽעֲרָבָ֔ה הָֽעֲרָבָ֖ה הָֽעֲרָבָה֙ הָעֲרָבָ֑ה הָעֲרָבָ֖ה הָעֲרָבָ֛ה הָעֲרָבָ֤ה הָעֲרָבָֽה׃ הָעֲרָבָֽתָה׃ הערבה הערבה׃ הערבתה׃ וְהָֽעֲרָבָ֖ה וְהָעֲרָבָה֩ וְעַרְבָתָ֖הּ וַעֲרָבָ֑ה וַעֲרָבָֽה׃ וּבָֽעֲרָבָה֙ וּבָעֲרָבָ֛ה ובערבה והערבה וערבה וערבה׃ וערבתה כָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה כָּעֲרָבָה֙ כערבה מֵֽעַרְבֹ֤ת מערבת עֲרָבָ֛ה עֲרָבָ֣ה עֲרָבָ֤ה עֲרָבָ֥ה עֲרָבוֹת֙ עַֽרְב֥וֹת עַֽרְבֹ֣ת ערבה ערבות ערבת ‘ă·rā·ḇāh ‘ă·rā·ḇō·wṯ ‘ar·ḇō·wṯ ‘ar·ḇōṯ ‘ărāḇāh ‘ărāḇōwṯ ‘arḇōṯ ‘arḇōwṯ araVah araVot arVot bā‘ărāḇāh bā‘ărāḇōwṯ bā·‘ă·rā·ḇāh bā·‘ă·rā·ḇō·wṯ baaraVah BaaraVot bə‘arḇōṯ bə‘arḇōwṯ bə·‘ar·ḇō·wṯ bə·‘ar·ḇōṯ bearVot hā‘ărāḇāh hā‘ărāḇāṯāh hā·‘ă·rā·ḇā·ṯāh hā·‘ă·rā·ḇāh haaraVah haaraVatah kā‘ărāḇāh kā·‘ă·rā·ḇāh kaaraVah mê‘arḇōṯ mê·‘ar·ḇōṯ mearVot ū·ḇā·‘ă·rā·ḇāh ūḇā‘ărāḇāh uvaaraVah vaaraVah vearvaTah vehaaraVah wa‘ărāḇāh wa·‘ă·rā·ḇāh wə‘arḇāṯāh wə·‘ar·ḇā·ṯāh wə·hā·‘ă·rā·ḇāh wəhā‘ărāḇāh