Bible Lexicons

עֲרָב proper name, of a people collective steppe-dwellers of North Arabia (Wetzst ^{ZVölkerpsych. vii. 463f.}; extended later (so Herod ^{ii. 11etc}.) to whole peninsula, compare Arabic the Arabs, Bedúwy the people, Doughty ^{Arab. Deserta, i. 224}; Sabean ערבן, ערב, אערב CIS ^{iv. p. 123}, Assyrian Aribu, Arubu, Arabi, people in North Arabia, Dl ^{Pa 295f., 304f.} COT ^{Jeremiah 25:24}; also Urbi Dl ^{Pa 305f.} of nomad 'Arab' tribes); — הַשֹּׁכְנִים בַּמִּדְבָּר׳מַלְכֵי ע Jeremiah 25:24 (see I. עֵרֶב), 2 Chronicles 9:14 + "" 1 Kings 10:15 (see id.); ׳ע also Ezekiel 27:21 + Ezekiel 30:5 (see id.); see especially Nö ^{Arabia in Ency. Bib}.