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Lexicon :: Strong's H6160 - ʿărāḇâ

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עֲרָבָה
Transliteration
ʿărāḇâ
Pronunciation
ar-aw-baw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עָרַב (H6150) (in the sense of sterility)
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TWOT Reference: 1688d

Strong’s Definitions

עֲרָבָה ʻărâbâh, ar-aw-baw'; from H6150 (in the sense of sterility); a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea:—Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also H1026.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x

The KJV translates Strong's H6160 in the following manner: plain (42x), desert (9x), wilderness (5x), Arabah (2x), champaign (1x), evenings (1x), heavens (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x
The KJV translates Strong's H6160 in the following manner: plain (42x), desert (9x), wilderness (5x), Arabah (2x), champaign (1x), evenings (1x), heavens (1x).

  1. desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲרָבָה ʻărâbâh, ar-aw-baw'; from H6150 (in the sense of sterility); a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea:—Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also H1026.
STRONGS H6160: Abbreviations
I. עֲרָבָה 61 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 + 11 times (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 עֲרָבָה וְשׁוּחָה Jeremiah 2:6; in simile, of a plain, of future land of Judah Zechariah 14:10. — See DrDeuteronomy 1:1 and references BuhlGeogr. 111.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

22:1

Deuteronomy

1:1; 1:1; 1:7; 2:8; 3:17; 3:17; 4:49; 4:49; 11:30

Joshua

3:16; 4:13; 5:10; 8:14; 11:2; 11:16; 12:1; 12:3; 12:3; 12:8

1 Samuel

23:24

2 Samuel

2:29; 4:7; 4:7; 15:28; 17:16

2 Kings

14:25; 25:4; 25:5; 25:5

Job

24:5; 39:6

Psalms

68:5; 68:5

Isaiah

33:9; 35:1; 35:6; 40:3; 41:19; 51:3; 51:3

Jeremiah

2:6; 5:6; 5:6; 17:6; 39:4; 39:5; 50:12; 52:7; 52:8; 52:8

Ezekiel

47:8

Amos

6:14

Zechariah

14:10

H6160

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6160 matches the Hebrew עֲרָבָה (ʿărāḇâ),
which occurs 61 times in 57 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 22:1–Jer 39:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:1 - And the children of Israel departed, and encamped on the west of Moab by Jordan toward Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:3 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke in Araboth of Moab at the Jordan by Jericho, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:63

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:63 - And this is the numbering of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in Araboth of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - And they brought to Moses and to Eleazar the priest, and to all the children of Israel, the captives, and the spoils, and the plunder, to the camp to Araboth Moab, which is at Jordan by Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:48 - And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped on the west of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:49 - And they encamped by Jordan between Æsimoth, as far as Belsa to the west of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:50 - And the Lord spoke to Moses at the west of Moab by Jordan at Jericho, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:1 - And the Lord spoke to Moses to the west of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 - These are the commandments, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, at the west of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 - These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side Jordan in the desert towards the west near the Red Sea, between Pharan Tophol, and Lobon, and Aulon, and the gold works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - Turn ye and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and go to all that dwell near about Araba, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Chananites near the sea, and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - And we passed by our brethren the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, by the way of Araba from Ælon and from Gesion Gaber; and we turned and passed by the way of the desert of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - And Araba and Jordan are the boundary of Machanareth, even to the sea of Araba, the salt sea under Asedoth Phasga eastward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:49 - All [fn]Araba beyond Jordan eastward under Asedoth [fn]hewn in the rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - Lo! are not these beyond Jordan, behind, westward in the land of Chanaan, which lies westward near Golgol, by the high oak?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:1 - And Moses went up from Araboth Moab to the mount of Nabau, to the top of Phasga, which is before Jericho; and the Lord shewed him all the mount of Galaad to Dan, and all the land of Nephthali,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - And the children of Israel wept for Moses in Araboth of Moab at Jordan near Jericho thirty days; and the days of the sad mourning for Moses were completed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - then the waters that came down from above stopped; there stood one solid heap very far off, as far as [fn]the region of Kariathiarim, and [fn]the lower part came down to the sea of Araba, the salt sea, till it completely failed; and the people stood opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:13 - Forty thousand [fn]armed for battle went over before the Lord to war, to the city of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10 - And the children of Israel kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, to the westward of Jericho on the opposite side of the Jordan in the plain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - And it came to pass when the king of Gai saw it, he hasted and went out to meet them direct to the battle, he and all the people that were with him: and he knew not that there was an ambuscade formed against him behind the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2 - and to the kings who were by the great Sidon, to the hill country and to Araba opposite Keneroth, and to the plain, and to Phenaeddor,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16 - And Joshua took all the hill country, and all the land of Nageb, and all the land of Gosom, and the plain country, and that toward the west, and the mountain of Israel and the low country by the mountain;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - And these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel slew, and inherited their land beyond Jordan from the east, from the valley of Arnon to the mount of Aermon, and all the land of Araba on the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:3 - And Araba as far as the sea of Chenereth eastward, and as far as the sea of Araba; the salt sea eastward by the way to Asimoth, from Thæman under Asedoth Phasga.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8 - in the mountain, and in the plain, and in Araba, and in Asedoth, and in the wilderness, and Nageb; the Chettite, and the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32 - These are they whom Moses caused to inherit beyond Jordan in Araboth Moab, beyond Jordan by Jericho eastward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:18 - and shall proceed to Galiloth, which is in front by the going up of Æthamin; and they shall come down to the stone of Bæon of the sons of Ruben; and shall pass over behind Bætharaba northward, and shall go down to the borders behind the sea northward.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:24 - And the Ziphites arose, and went before Saul: and David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, westward, to the right of Jessæmon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - And Abenner and his men departed at evening, and went all that night, and crossed over Jordan, and went along the whole adjacent country, and they come to the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - and Jebosthe was sleeping on his bed in his chamber: and they smite him, and slay him, and take off his head: and they took his head, and went all the night by the western road.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:28 - Behold, I continue in arms in Araboth of the desert, until there come tidings from you to report to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - And now send quickly and report to David, saying, Lodge not this night in Araboth of the wilderness: even go and make haste, lest one [fn]swallow up the king, and all the people with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - He recovered the coast of Israel from the entering in of Æmath to the sea of [fn]Araba, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spoke by [fn]his servant Jonas the son of Amathi, the prophet of Gethchopher.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - And the city was broken up, and all the men of war went forth by night, by the way of the gate between the walls, this is the gate of the king's garden: and the Chaldeans were set against the city round about: and the king went by the way of [fn]the plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - And the force of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army was dispersed from about him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - And they have departed like asses in the field, having gone forth on my account according to their own order: his bread is sweet to his little ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:6 - whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:4 - (LXX 67:5) Sing to God, sing praises to his name: make a way for him that rides upon the west (the Lord is his name) and exult before him. They shall be troubled before the face of him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The land mourns; Libanus is ashamed: Saron is become marshes; Galilee shall be [fn]laid bare, and Chermel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 - Be glad, thou thirsty desert: let the wilderness exult, and flower as the lily.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 - Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the stammerers shall speak plainly; for water has burst forth in the desert, and a channel of water in a thirsty land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - [fn] The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight the paths of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19 - I will plant in the dry land the cedar and box, the myrtle and cypress, and white poplar:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - And now I will comfort thee, O Sion: and I have comforted all her desert places; and I will make her desert places as a garden, and her [fn]western places as the garden of the Lord; they shall find in her gladness and exultation, thanksgiving and the voice of praise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 - And they said not, Where is the Lord, who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who guided us in the wilderness, in an untried and trackless land, in a land which no man at all went through, and no man dwelt there?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Therefore has a lion out of the forest smitten them, and a wolf has destroyed them even to their houses, and a leopard has watched against their cities: all that go forth from them shall be hunted: for they have multiplied their ungodliness, they have strengthened themselves in their revoltings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:6 - And he shall be as the wild tamarisk in the desert: he shall not see when good comes; but he shall dwell in barren places, and in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited.

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