Help QuickNav Adv. Options
ESV

ESV

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 H6144 - ʿār

Choose a new font size and typeface
עָר
Transliteration
ʿār
Pronunciation
awr
Listen
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as עִיר (H5892)
Strong’s Definitions

עָר ʻÂr, awr; the same as H5892; a city; Ar, a place in Moab:—Ar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H6144 in the following manner: Ar (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H6144 in the following manner: Ar (6x).

  1. Ar = "a city"

    1. a city of Moab located south of the Arnon river; perhaps the capital

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָר ʻÂr, awr; the same as H5892; a city; Ar, a place in Moab:—Ar.
STRONGS H6144: Abbreviations
† I. עָר proper name, of a location in Moab, south of Arnon (Ηρ Numbers 21:15, elsewhere chiefly Αροηρ); — ע׳ Numbers 21:15; Deuteronomy 2:9, 18, 29; עָר מוֺאָד Numbers 21:28; Isaiah 15:1; — usually interpreted as capital city (עָר = עִיר) of Moab (DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 398 compare Sabean ער fortified height, compare MordtmHim. Inschr. 29 HalÉt. Sab. 159 so Arabic bdb078601, dialect of Yemen); BuhlGeogr. 269 f. thinks name of district South of Arnon.
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

21:15; 21:15; 21:28

Deuteronomy

2:9; 2:18; 2:29

Isaiah

15:1

H6144

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6144 matches the Hebrew עָר (ʿār),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:15 - and the slope of the valleys
that extends to the seat of Ar,
and leans to the border of Moab.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 - For fire came out from Heshbon,
flame from the city of Sihon.
It devoured Ar of Moab,
and swallowed[fn] the heights of the Arnon.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:9 - And the LORD said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab or contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the people of Lot for a possession.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:18 - ‘Today you are to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:29 - as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I go over the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving to us.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:1 - An oracle concerning Moab.
Because Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night,
Moab is undone;
because Kir of Moab is laid waste in a night,
Moab is undone.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
ESV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
ESV
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.