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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 sons of Israel journey and encamp in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, by Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:3 - And Moses speaketh -- Eleazar the priest also -- with them, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:63

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:63 - These are those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who have numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - and they bring in, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the company of the sons of Israel, the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto the camp, unto the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan, near Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:48 - and they journey from the mountains of Abarim, and encamp in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:49 - And they encamp by the Jordan from Beth-Jeshimoth, unto Abel-Shittim, in the plains of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:50 - And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:1 - And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 - These are the commands and the judgments which Jehovah hath commanded, by the hand of Moses, concerning the sons of Israel, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 - These are the words which Moses hath spoken unto all Israel, beyond the Jordan, in the wilderness, in the plain over-against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-Zahab;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - turn ye and journey for you, and enter the mount of the Amorite, and unto all its neighbouring places, in the plain, in the hill-country, and in the low country, and in the south, and in the haven of the sea, the land of the Canaanite, and of Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Phrat;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - 'And we pass by from our brethren, sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, by the way of the plain, by Elath, and by Ezion-Gaber; and we turn, and pass over the way of the wilderness of Moab;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - and the plain, and the Jordan, and the border, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the springs of Pisgah, at the sun-rising.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:49 - and all the plain beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going in of the sun, in the land of the Canaanite, who is dwelling in the plain over-against Gilgal, near the oaks of Moreh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:1 - And Moses goeth up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which is on the front of Jericho, and Jehovah sheweth him all the land -- Gilead unto Dan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - And the sons of Israel bewail Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; and the days of weeping and mourning for Moses are completed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - that the waters stand; those coming down from above have risen -- one heap, very far above Adam the city, which is at the side of Zaretan; and those going down by the sea of the plain, the Salt Sea, have been completely cut off; and the people have passed through over-against Jericho;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:13 - about forty thousand, armed ones of the host, passed over before Jehovah for battle, unto the plains of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10 - And the sons of Israel encamp in Gilgal, and make the passover on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the plains of Jericho;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - And it cometh to pass, when the king of Ai seeth it, that hasten, and rise early, and go out do the men of the city to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at the appointed season, at the front of the plain, and he hath not known that an ambush is against him, on the rear of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2 - and unto the kings who are on the north in the hill-country, and in the plain south of Chinneroth, and in the low country, and in the elevations of Dor, on the west,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16 - And Joshua taketh all this land: the hill-country, and all the south, and all the land of Goshen, and the low country, and the plain, even the hill-country of Israel and its low lands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - And these are kings of the land whom the sons of Israel have smitten, and possess their land, beyond the Jordan, at the sun-rising, from the brook Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain eastward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:3 - And the plain unto the sea of Chinneroth eastward, and unto the sea of the plain (the salt sea) eastward, the way to Beth-Jeshimoth, and from the south under the springs of Pisgah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8 - in the hill-country, and in the low country, and in the plain, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32 - These are they whom Moses caused to inherit in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, by Jericho, eastward;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:18 - and passed over unto the side over-against Arabah northward, and gone down to Arabah;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:24 - And they rise and go to Ziph before Saul, and David and his men are in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain, at the south of the desolate place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - And Abner and his men have gone through the plain all that night, and pass over the Jordan, and go on through all Bithron, and come in to Mahanaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - yea, they come in to the house, and he is lying on his bed, in the inner part of his bed-chamber, and they smite him, and put him to death, and turn aside his head, and they take his head, and go the way of the plain all the night,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:28 - see ye, I am tarrying in the plains of the wilderness till the coming in of a word from you to declare to me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - and now, send hastily, and declare to David, saying, Lodge not to-night in the plains of the wilderness, and also, certainly pass over, lest there be a swallowing up of the king and of all the people who are with him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - He hath brought back the border of Israel, from the entering in of Hamath unto the sea of the desert, according to the word of Jehovah, God of Israel, that He spake by the hand of His servant Jonah son of Amittai the prophet, who is of Gath-Hepher,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - then the city is broken up, and all the men of war go by night the way of the gate, between the two walls that are by the garden of the king, and the Chaldeans are against the city round about, and the king goeth the way of the plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - And the force of the Chaldeans pursue after the king, and overtake him in the plains of Jericho, and all his force have been scattered from him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself -- food for young ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:6 - Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:4 - Sing ye to God -- praise His name, Raise up a highway for Him who is riding in deserts, In Jah is His name, and exult before Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 - They joy from the wilderness and dry place, And rejoice doth the desert, and flourish as the rose,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 - Then leap as a hart doth the lame, And sing doth the tongue of the dumb, For broken up in a wilderness have been waters, And streams in a desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - A voice is crying -- in a wilderness -- Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19 - I give in a wilderness the cedar, Shittah, and myrtle, and oil-tree, I set in a desert the fir-pine and box-wood together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - For Jehovah hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of Jehovah, Joy, yea, gladness is found in her, Confession, and the voice of song.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 - And have not said, Where is Jehovah, Who bringeth us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leadeth us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land -- none hath passed through it, Nor dwelt hath man there?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Therefore smitten them hath a lion out of the forest, A wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, A leopard is watching over their cities, Every one who is going out of them is torn, For many have been their transgressions, Mighty have been their backslidings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:6 - And he hath been as a naked thing in a desert, And doth not see when good cometh, And hath inhabited parched places in a wilderness, A salt land, and not inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:4 - And it cometh to pass, when Zedekiah king of Judah, and all the men of war, have seen them, that they flee and go forth by night from the city, the way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls, and he goeth forth the way of the plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - And the forces of the Chaldeans pursue after them, and overtake Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and they take him, and bring him up unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he speaketh with him -- judgments.

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