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Lexicon :: Strong's H769 - 'arnôn

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אַרְנוֹן
Transliteration
'arnôn
Pronunciation
ar-nohn'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אַרְנוֹן ʼArnôwn, ar-nohn'; or
אַרְנֹן ʼArnôn ar-nohn'; from H7442; a brawling stream; the Arnon, a river east of the Jordan, also its territory:—Arnon.
אַרְנִיָּה° ʼArnîyâh. See H728

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H769 in the following manner: Arnon (25x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H769 in the following manner: Arnon (25x).

  1. Arnon = "rushing stream"

    1. a river and surrounding valley in south Palestine, forms the border between Moab and the Amorites

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַרְנוֹן ʼArnôwn, ar-nohn'; or
אַרְנֹן ʼArnôn ar-nohn'; from H7442; a brawling stream; the Arnon, a river east of the Jordan, also its territory:—Arnon.
אַרְנִיָּה° ʼArnîyâh. See H728
STRONGS H769: Abbreviations
† אַרְנוֺן, אַרְנֹן proper name, of a river Arnon, wady & stream in Moab (MI ארנן, Thes Add Rob Ges MV derive from רנן, i.e. the rushing, roaring stream) — אַרְנוֺן Numbers 21:13 (twice in verse) + 12 times, אַרְנֹן Numbers 21:14 + 10 times — called boundary between Moab & Amorites Numbers 21:13; Judges 11:18, 22 compare גְּבוּלאַרְנֹן Numbers 22:36; often נַחַל אֵרְנֹן Deuteronomy 2:24, 36; Deuteronomy 3:8, 12, 16; Deuteronomy 4:48; 2 Kings 10:33; אַרְנוֺן נ׳ Joshua 12:1, 2; Joshua 13:9, 16; הַנְּחָלִים אַרְנוֺן Numbers 21:14, i.e. the stream-ravines that unite to form Arnon, compare Di; also בָּמוֺת אַרְנֹן heights of Arnon Numbers 21:28; מעברות אַרְנוֺן fords of Arnon Isaiah 16:2; elsewhere Numbers 21:13, 24, 26; Judges 11:13, 18, 26; synonym of Moab Jeremiah 48:20; (compare TristrMoab 125 f.; modern Môjib).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

21:13; 21:13; 21:13; 21:14; 21:14; 21:28; 22:36

Deuteronomy

2:24; 3:8; 4:48

Joshua

12:1; 13:9

Judges

11:13; 11:18

2 Kings

10:33

Isaiah

16:2

Jeremiah

48:20

H769

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Strong's Number H769 matches the Hebrew אַרְנוֹן ('arnôn),
which occurs 25 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:13 - Then they moved out and camped on the far side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness adjacent to the territory of the Amorites. The Arnon is the boundary line between the Moabites and the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:14 - For this reason The Book of the Wars of the LORD speaks of “the town of Waheb in the area of Suphah, and the ravines of the Arnon River,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - But the Israelites slaughtered them with their swords and occupied their land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River. They went only as far as the Ammonite border because the boundary of the Ammonites was fortified.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - Heshbon had been the capital of King Sihon of the Amorites. He had defeated a former Moabite king and seized all his land as far as the Arnon River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 - A fire flamed forth from Heshbon,
a blaze from the city of Sihon.
It burned the city of Ar in Moab;
it destroyed the rulers of the Arnon heights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36 - When King Balak heard that Balaam was on the way, he went out to meet him at a Moabite town on the Arnon River at the farthest border of his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:24 - Moses continued, “Then the LORD said, ‘Now get moving! Cross the Arnon Gorge. Look, I will hand over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and I will give you his land. Attack him and begin to occupy the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:36 - “The LORD our God also helped us conquer Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and the town in the gorge, and the whole area as far as Gilead. No town had walls too strong for us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:8 - “So we took the land of the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River—all the way from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:12 - “When we took possession of this land, I gave to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the territory beyond Aroer along the Arnon Gorge, plus half of the hill country of Gilead with its towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:16 - But I also gave part of Gilead to the tribes of Reuben and Gad. The area I gave them extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge in the south to the Jabbok River on the Ammonite frontier.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:48 - So Israel conquered the entire area from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon Gorge all the way to Mount Sirion,[fn] also called Mount Hermon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - These are the kings east of the Jordan River who had been killed by the Israelites and whose land was taken. Their territory extended from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon and included all the land east of the Jordan Valley.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, was defeated. His kingdom included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge to the Jabbok River, which serves as a border for the Ammonites. This territory included the southern half of the territory of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:9 - Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba, as far as Dibon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:16 - Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - The king of Ammon answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they stole my land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River and all the way to the Jordan. Now then, give back the land peaceably.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:18 - “Finally, they went around Edom and Moab through the wilderness. They traveled along Moab’s eastern border and camped on the other side of the Arnon River. But they never once crossed the Arnon River into Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:22 - from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River, and from the eastern wilderness to the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26 - “Israel has been living here for 300 years, inhabiting Heshbon and its surrounding settlements, all the way to Aroer and its settlements, and in all the towns along the Arnon River. Why have you made no effort to recover it before now?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:33 - east of the Jordan River, including all of Gilead, Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh. He conquered the area from the town of Aroer by the Arnon Gorge to as far north as Gilead and Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:2 - The women of Moab are left like homeless birds
at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:20 - “And the reply comes back,
‘Moab lies in ruins, disgraced;
weep and wail!
Tell it by the banks of the Arnon River:
Moab has been destroyed!’
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