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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 children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:63

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:63 - These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - and they brought to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the assembly of the children of Israel, the captives and the prey and the booty, to the camp in the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:48 - And they removed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:49 - And they encamped 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 spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 - These are the commandments and the ordinances which Jehovah commanded through Moses to the children of Israel, in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 - These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side the Jordan, in the wilderness, in the plain, opposite to Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and unto all the neighbouring places in the plain, in the mountain, and in the lowland, and in the south, and by the seaside, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - And we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, by the plain, by Elath, and by Ezion-geber, and we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - the plain also, and the Jordan, and its border from Chinnereth as far as the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:49 - and all the plain on this side the Jordan, eastward, and as far as the sea of the plain, under the slopes of Pisgah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, beyond the way toward the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell on the plain opposite to Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:1 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And Jehovah shewed him the whole land, Gilead to Dan,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; and the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - the waters which flowed down from above stood and rose up in a heap, very far, by Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan; and those that flowed down towards the sea of the plain, the salt sea, were completely cut off. And the people went over opposite to Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:13 - About forty thousand armed for military service passed over before Jehovah to the war, unto the plains of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10 - And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and held the passover on the fourteenth day of the month, at even, in the plains of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hasted and rose early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the appointed place before the plain. But he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2 - and to the kings that were northward in the mountains, and in the plain south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and on the upland of Dor on the west,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16 - And Joshua took all that land, the mountain and all the south, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and its lowland;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - And these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel smote, and of whose land they took possession across the Jordan, toward the sun-rising, from the river Arnon to mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:3 - and the plain as far as the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and as far as the sea of the plain, the salt sea, on the east, toward Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8 - in the mountain, and in the lowland, and in the plain, and on the hill-slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the south: the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32 - This is that which Moses allotted for inheritance in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan of Jericho, eastward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:18 - and passed along towards the side opposite to Arabah northwards, and went down to Arabah;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:24 - And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of the waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - They came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him; and they took his head, and went by the way of the plain all night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:28 - See, I will stop in the plains of the desert, until there come word from you to inform me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - And now send quickly, and tell David saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the sea of the plain, according to the word of Jehovah the God of Israel, which he had spoken through his servant Jonah the prophet, the son of Amittai, who was of Gath-Hepher.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - And the city was broken into; and all the men of war fled by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which leads to the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about); and they went the way toward the plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - Lo, as wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness yieldeth them food for their children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:6 - Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:4 - Sing unto God, sing forth his name; cast up a way for him that rideth in the deserts: his name is Jah; and rejoice before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The land mourneth, it languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, is withered; the Sharon is become as a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 - The wilderness and the dry land shall be gladdened; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 - then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and torrents in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert a highway for our God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19 - I will give in the wilderness the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oleaster; I will set in the desert the cypress, pine, and box-tree together;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - For Jehovah shall comfort Zion, he shall comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah: gladness and joy shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of song.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 - And they said not, Where is Jehovah, that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and of pits, in a land of drought and of the shadow of death, in a land that no one passeth through, and where no man dwelleth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall waste them; the leopard lurketh against their cities, every one that goeth out thence is torn in pieces: for their transgressions are multiplied, their backslidings are increased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:6 - And he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but he shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:4 - And it came to pass when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, that they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls; and he went out the way of the plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they took him, and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, unto Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment upon him.

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