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Lexicon :: Strong's H6157 - ʿārōḇ

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עָרֹב
Transliteration
ʿārōḇ
Pronunciation
aw-robe'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1685c

Strong’s Definitions

עָרֹב ʻârôb, aw-robe'; from H6148; a mosquito (from its swarming):—divers sorts of flies, swarm.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H6157 in the following manner: swarm (7x), divers sorts of flies (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H6157 in the following manner: swarm (7x), divers sorts of flies (2x).

  1. swarm

    1. probable meaning from 'mixture' and 'incessant or involved motion'

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָרֹב ʻârôb, aw-robe'; from H6148; a mosquito (from its swarming):—divers sorts of flies, swarm.
STRONGS H6157: Abbreviations
עָרֹב 9 noun masculineEx 8:20 probably swarm (mixture, from incessant, involved motion; LagBN 112 doubts); — of plague of stinging flies, coming in a swarm (see DiEx) Exodus 8:17 (twice in verse) + 5 times 8(J), Psalm 78:45; Psalm 105:31.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

8:17; 8:20

Psalms

78:45; 105:31

H6157

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6157 matches the Hebrew עָרֹב (ʿārōḇ),
which occurs 9 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:21 - Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms H6157 of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms H6157 of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:22 - And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms H6157 of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:24 - And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm H6157 of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm H6157 of flies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms H6157 of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:31 - And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms H6157 of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:45 - He sent divers sorts of flies H6157 among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:31 - He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, H6157 and lice in all their coasts.
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