Help QuickNav Adv. Options
VUL

VUL

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H6160 - ʿărāḇâ

Choose a new font size and typeface
עֲרָבָה
Transliteration
ʿărāḇâ
Pronunciation
ar-aw-baw'
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עָרַב (H6150) (in the sense of sterility)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:1 - profectique castrametati sunt in campestribus Moab ubi trans Iordanem Hierichus sita est

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:3 - locuti sunt itaque Moses et Eleazar sacerdos in campestribus Moab super Iordanem contra Hierichum ad eos qui erant

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:63

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:63 - hic est numerus filiorum Israhel qui descripti sunt a Mosen et Eleazaro sacerdote in campestribus Moab supra Iordanem contra Hiericho

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - et adduxerunt ad Mosen et Eleazarum sacerdotem et ad omnem multitudinem filiorum Israhel reliqua etiam utensilia portaverunt ad castra in campestribus Moab iuxta Iordanem contra Hiericho

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:48 - profectique de montibus Abarim transierunt ad campestria Moab super Iordanem contra Hiericho

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:49 - ibique castrametati sunt de Bethsimon usque ad Belsattim in planioribus locis Moabitarum

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:50 - ubi locutus est Dominus ad Mosen

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:1 - haec quoque locutus est Dominus ad Mosen in campestribus Moab super Iordanem contra Hiericho

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 - haec sunt mandata atque iudicia quae praecepit Dominus per manum Mosi ad filios Israhel in campestribus Moab super Iordanem contra Hiericho

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 - haec sunt verba quae locutus est Moses ad omnem Israhel trans Iordanem in solitudine campestri contra mare Rubrum inter Pharan et Thophel et Laban et Aseroth ubi auri est plurimum

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - revertimini et venite ad montem Amorreorum et ad cetera quae ei proxima sunt campestria atque montana et humiliora loca contra meridiem et iuxta litus maris terram Chananeorum et Libani usque ad flumen magnum Eufraten

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - cumque transissemus fratres nostros filios Esau qui habitabant in Seir per viam campestrem de Helath et de Asiongaber venimus ad iter quod ducit in desertum Moab

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - et planitiem solitudinis atque Iordanem et terminos Chenereth usque ad mare Deserti quod est Salsissimum ad radices montis Phasga contra orientem

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:49 - omnem planitiem trans Iordanem ad orientalem plagam usque ad mare Solitudinis et usque ad radices montis Phasga

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - qui sunt trans Iordanem post viam quae vergit ad solis occubitum in terra Chananei qui habitat in campestribus contra Galgalam quae est iuxta vallem tendentem et intrantem procul

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:1 - ascendit ergo Moses de campestribus Moab super montem Nebo in verticem Phasga contra Hiericho ostenditque ei Dominus omnem terram Galaad usque Dan

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - fleveruntque eum filii Israhel in campestribus Moab triginta diebus et conpleti sunt dies planctus lugentium Mosen

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - steterunt aquae descendentes in uno loco et instar montis intumescentes apparebant procul ab urbe quae vocatur Adom usque ad locum Sarthan quae autem inferiores erant in mare Solitudinis quod nunc vocatur Mortuum descenderunt usquequo omnino deficerent

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:13 - et quadraginta pugnatorum milia per turmas et cuneos incedebant per plana atque campestria urbis Hiericho

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10 - manseruntque filii Israhel in Galgalis et fecerunt phase quartadecima die mensis ad vesperum in campestribus Hiericho

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - quod cum vidisset rex Ahi festinavit mane et egressus est cum omni exercitu civitatis direxitque aciem contra desertum ignorans quod post tergum laterent insidiae

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2 - ad reges quoque aquilonis qui habitabant in montanis et in planitie contra meridiem Cheneroth in campestribus quoque et in regionibus Dor iuxta mare

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16 - cepit itaque Iosue omnem terram montanam et meridianam terramque Gosen et planitiem et occidentalem plagam montemque Israhel et campestria eius

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - hii sunt reges quos percusserunt filii Israhel et possederunt terram eorum trans Iordanem ad solis ortum a torrente Arnon usque ad montem Hermon et omnem orientalem plagam quae respicit solitudinem

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:3 - et a solitudine usque ad mare Cheneroth contra orientem et usque ad mare Deserti quod est mare Salsissimum ad orientalem plagam per viam quae ducit Bethesimoth et ab australi parte quae subiacent Asedothphasga

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8 - tam in montanis quam in planis atque campestribus in Aseroth et solitudine ac meridie Hettheus fuit et Amorreus Chananeus et Ferezeus Eveus et Iebuseus

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32 - hanc possessionem divisit Moses in campestribus Moab trans Iordanem contra Hiericho ad orientalem plagam

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:18 - et pertransit usque ad tumulos qui sunt e regione ascensus Adommim descenditque ad Abenboen id est lapidem Boen filii Ruben et pertransit ex latere aquilonis ad campestria descenditque in planitiem

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:24 - at illi surgentes abierunt in Ziph ante Saul David autem et viri eius erant in deserto Maon in campestribus ad dextram Iesimuth

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - Abner autem et viri eius abierunt per campestria tota nocte illa et transierunt Iordanem et lustrata omni Bethoron venerunt ad Castra

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - cum autem ingressi fuissent domum ille dormiebat super lectulum suum in conclavi et percutientes interfecerunt eum sublatoque capite eius abierunt per viam deserti tota nocte

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:28 - ecce ego abscondar in campestribus deserti donec veniat sermo a vobis indicans mihi

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - nunc ergo mittite cito et nuntiate David dicentes ne moremini nocte hac in campestribus deserti sed absque dilatione transgredere ne forte absorbeatur rex et omnis populus qui cum eo est

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - ipse restituit terminos Israhel ab introitu Emath usque ad mare Solitudinis iuxta sermonem Domini Dei Israhel quem locutus est per servum suum Ionam filium Amathi prophetam qui erat de Geth quae est in Opher

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - et interrupta est civitas et omnes viri bellatores nocte fugerunt per viam portae quae est inter duplicem murum ad hortum regis porro Chaldei obsidebant in circuitu civitatem fugit itaque per viam quae ducit ad campestria solitudinis

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - et persecutus est exercitus Chaldeorum regem conprehenditque eum in planitie Hiericho et omnes bellatores qui erant cum eo dispersi sunt et reliquerunt eum

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - alii quasi onagri in deserto egrediuntur ad opus suum vigilantesque ad praedam praeparant panem liberis

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:6 - cui dedi in solitudine domum et tabernacula eius in terra salsuginis

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:4 - [Vulgate 67:5] cantate Deo canite nomini eius praeparate viam ascendenti per deserta in Domino nomen eius et exultate coram eo

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - luxit et elanguit terra confusus est Libanus et obsorduit et factus est Saron sicut desertum et concussa est Basan et Carmelus

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 - laetabitur deserta et invia et exultabit solitudo et florebit quasi lilium

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 - tunc saliet sicut cervus claudus et aperta erit lingua mutorum quia scissae sunt in deserto aquae et torrentes in solitudine

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - vox clamantis in deserto parate viam Domini rectas facite in solitudine semitas Dei nostri

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19 - dabo in solitudine cedrum et spinam et myrtum et lignum olivae ponam in deserto abietem ulmum et buxum simul

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - consolabitur ergo Dominus et Sion consolabitur omnes ruinas eius et ponet desertum eius quasi delicias et solitudinem eius quasi hortum Domini gaudium et laetitia invenietur in ea gratiarum actio et vox laudis

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 - et non dixerunt ubi est Dominus qui ascendere nos fecit de terra Aegypti qui transduxit nos per desertum per terram inhabitabilem et inviam per terram sitis et imaginem mortis per terram in qua non ambulavit vir neque habitavit homo

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - idcirco percussit eos leo de silva lupus ad vesperam vastavit eos pardus vigilans super civitates eorum omnis qui egressus fuerit ex eis capietur quia multiplicatae sunt praevaricationes eorum confortatae sunt aversiones eorum

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:6 - erit enim quasi myrice in deserto et non videbit cum venerit bonum sed habitabit in siccitate in deserto in terra salsuginis et inhabitabili

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:4 - cumque vidisset eos Sedecias rex Iuda et omnes viri bellatores fugerunt et egressi sunt nocte de civitate per viam horti regis et per portam quae erat inter duos muros et egressi sunt ad viam deserti

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - persecutus est autem eos exercitus Chaldeorum et conprehenderunt Sedeciam in campo solitudinis hiericuntinae et captum adduxerunt ad Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis in Reblatha quae est in terra Emath et locutus est ad eum iudicia

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/2 (Num 22:1–Jer 39:5) Num 22:1–Jer 39:5

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Jer 50:12–Zec 14:10

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
VUL
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
VUL
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.