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Strong's #6177 - עַרְעוֹר
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Aroer = “ruins”
1) a city on the north bank of the river Arnon, the southern point of the territory of Sihon the king of the Amorites and later of Reuben; modern ‘Arair’
2) a city in Ammon near the Jabbok belonging to Gad
3) a town in southern Judah
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proper name, of a location Αροηρ, MI26 ערער; —
1 city on north bank of Arnon, southern limit of east Jordan Israel, עֲרֹעֵר Numbers 32:34 (JE), Deuteronomy 2:36; Deuteronomy 3:12; Deuteronomy 4:48; Joshua 12:2 (D) 2 Kings 10:33; 1 Chronicles 5:8; עֲרוֺעֵר Joshua 13:9 (D), Joshua 13:16 (P), 2 Samuel 24:5; Moabitish Jeremiah 48:19 (compare MI26); once עַרְעֹר Judges 11:26; modern `Ar`âir Buhl Geogr. 269, Tristr Moab 129 ff.
2 city near Rabbah in Ammon, עֲרֹעֵר Judges 11:33, ׳עֲרוֺ Joshua 13:25 (P), site unknown.
3 city in southern Judah, עֲרֹעֵר 1 Samuel 30:28 (ᵐ5 Αροηρ + Αμμαδει, latter originally according to We, indicating form ערערה; ᵐ5 L Παγουηλ); + Joshua 15:22 reading ׳ע (or עַרְעָרָה) for ᵑ0עַדְעָרָה, ᵐ5 B Αρουηλ, We 1 Samuel 30:28 (compare Dr HPS), Di on the passage Benn Steuern; possibly `Ar`âra approximately 9 miles south of east from Beersheba, but compare Buhl Geogr. 183. — Isaiah 17:2 read עָרֶיהָ עֲדֵי עַדᵐ5 Lo Lag Semitic i. 30 Che Buhl Lex and others (for ᵑ0עָרֵי עֲרֹעֵר). — See also Che Ency. Bib. 317.
עַרְעוֹר Judges 11:26 see עֲרוֹעֵר No. 2,.
