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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 - The Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan River across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:3 - So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan River across from Jericho. They said,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:63

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:63 - These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the Israelites in the plains of Moab along the Jordan River opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the Israelite community, to the camp on the plains of Moab, along the Jordan River across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:48 - They traveled from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan River across from Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:49 - They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:50 - The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. He said:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:1 - Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the Moabite plains by the Jordan near Jericho. He said:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 - These are the commandments and the decisions that the LORD commanded the Israelites through the authority of Moses, on the plains of Moab by the Jordan River opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 - This is what Moses said to the assembly of Israel in the Transjordanian wastelands, the arid country opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di Zahab

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - Get up now, resume your journey, heading for the Amorite hill country, to all its areas including the arid country, the highlands, the Shephelah, the Negev, and the coastal plain - all of Canaan and Lebanon as far as the Great River, that is, the Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - So we turned away from our relatives the descendants of Esau, the inhabitants of Seir, turning from the desert route, from Elat and Ezion Geber, and traveling the way of the Moab wastelands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - The Arabah and the Jordan River were also a border, from the sea of Chinnereth to the sea of the Arabah (that is, the Salt Sea), beneath the watershed of Pisgah to the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:49 - including all the Arabah of the Transjordan in the east to the sea of the Arabah, beneath the watershed of Pisgah.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - Are they not across the Jordan River, toward the west, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the oak of Moreh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:1 - Then Moses ascended from the deserts of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. The LORD showed him the whole land - Gilead to Dan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - The Israelites mourned for Moses in the deserts of Moab for thirty days; then the days of mourning for Moses ended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. It piled up far upstream at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). The people crossed the river opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:13 - About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the LORD to fight on the plains of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10 - So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the plains of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. But he did not realize men were hiding behind the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2 - and the northern kings who ruled in the hill country, the Arabah south of Kinnereth, the lowlands, and the heights of Dor to the west.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16 - Joshua conquered the whole land, including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowlands, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowlands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land on the east side of the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:3 - His kingdom included the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8 - including the hill country, the lowlands, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev - the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32 - These are the land assignments made by Moses on the plains of Moab east of the Jordan River opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:18 - It crossed to the slope in front of the Arabah to the north and descended into the Arabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:24 - So they left and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the desert of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - Abner and his men went through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan River and went through the whole region of Bitron and came to Mahanaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him and then cut off his head. Taking his head, they traveled on the way of the Arabah all that night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:28 - Look, I will be waiting at the fords of the desert until word from you reaches me."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - Now send word quickly to David and warn him, "Don't spend the night at the fords of the desert tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - He restored the border of Israel from Lebo Hamath in the north to the sea of the Arabah in the south, in accordance with the word of the LORD God of Israel announced through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - The enemy broke through the city walls, and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night. They went through the gate between the two walls that is near the king's garden. (The Babylonians were all around the city.) Then they headed for the Jordan Valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with him in the plains of Jericho, and his entire army deserted him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:6 - to whom I appointed the steppe for its home, the salt wastes as its dwelling place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:4 - Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds! For the LORD is his name! Rejoice before him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The land dries up and withers away; the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays. Sharon is like the desert; Bashan and Carmel are parched.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 - Let the desert and dry region be happy; let the wilderness rejoice and bloom like a lily!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 - Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will flow in the desert, streams in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - A voice cries out, "In the wilderness clear a way for the LORD; construct in the desert a road for our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19 - I will make cedars, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees grow in the wilderness; I will make evergreens, firs, and cypresses grow together in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - Certainly the LORD will console Zion; he will console all her ruins. He will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the Garden of the LORD. Happiness and joy will be restored to her, thanksgiving and the sound of music.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 - They did not ask: 'Where is the LORD who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of desert sands and rift valleys, through a land of drought and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:6 - They will be like a shrub in the desert. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the desert, in a salt land where no one can live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:4 - When King Zedekiah of Judah and all his soldiers saw them, they tried to escape. They departed from the city during the night. They took a path through the king's garden and passed out through the gate between the two walls. Then they headed for the Jordan Valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the Babylonian army chased after them. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho and captured him. They took him to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon at Riblah in the territory of Hamath and Nebuchadnezzar passed sentence on him there.

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