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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 - “For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms H6157 of H6157 flies H6157 on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms H6157 of H6157 flies H6157, and also the ground on which they stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:22 - “But on that day I will make a distinction for the land of Goshen, where My people are [fn]living, so that no swarms H6157 of H6157 flies H6157 will be there, that you may know that [fn]I, Yahweh, am in the midst of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:24 - Then Yahweh did so. And there came heavy swarms H6157 of H6157 flies H6157 into the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants, and the land was laid waste because of the swarms H6157 of H6157 flies H6157 in all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - Then Moses said, “Behold, I am going out from you, and I shall entreat Yahweh that the swarms H6157 of H6157 flies H6157 may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow; only may Pharaoh not deal deceitfully again in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:31

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:45 -

He sent among them swarms H6157 of H6157 flies H6157 which devoured them,

And frogs which destroyed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:31 -

He spoke, and there came a swarm H6157 of H6157 flies H6157

And gnats in all their territory.

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