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Lexicon :: Strong's H4628 - maʿărāḇ

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מַעֲרָב
Transliteration
maʿărāḇ
Pronunciation
mah-ar-awb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עָרַב (H6150), in the sense of shading
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TWOT Reference: 1689b

Strong’s Definitions

מַעֲרָב maʻărâb, mah-ar-awb'; or (feminine) מַעֲרָבָה maʻărâbâh; from H6150, in the sense of shading; the west (as a region of the evening sun):—west.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H4628 in the following manner: west (10x), westward (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H4628 in the following manner: west (10x), westward (4x).

  1. setting place, west, westward

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעֲרָב maʻărâb, mah-ar-awb'; or (feminine) מַעֲרָבָה maʻărâbâh; from H6150, in the sense of shading; the west (as a region of the evening sun):—west.
STRONGS H4628: Abbreviations
† II. מַעֲרָב noun [masculine] west (late) (place of sunset); — מִמַּעֲרָבָה (= בָ֯הּ, compare De Ges§ 91 e) Isaiah 45:6 from its setting-place (opposed to מִמִּזְרַחשֶֿׁמֶשׁ); מַעֲרָב opposed to מִזְרָח also Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 59:19; Psalm 103:12; Psalm 107:3, so לַמּ׳ westward 1 Chronicles 7:28; 1 Chronicles 12:16 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:15), 1 Chronicles 26:16, 18; מ׳ opposed to מוֺצָא Psalm 75:7; מִןהַּֿמַּעֲרָב (alone) Daniel 8:5; with ה locative מַעֲרָ֑בָה 1 Chronicles 26:30 westward, followed by לְ = to the west of 2 Chronicles 32:30; 33:14,
[H4629 לַגִּבְעָה מִמּ׳ Judges 20:33] according to Greek Version of the LXX (not B) Vulgate Be GFM and others (see H4629 מַעֲרֶה)].
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Chronicles

7:28; 12:15; 12:16; 26:16; 26:18; 26:30

2 Chronicles

32:30; 33:14

Psalms

75:7; 103:12; 107:3

Isaiah

43:5; 45:6; 59:19

Daniel

8:5

H4628

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4628 matches the Hebrew מַעֲרָב (maʿărāḇ),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:28 - Their lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages all the way to Ayyah and its villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:15 - It was they who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight everyone living in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:16 - The lots for the West Gate and the Shalleketh Gate on the upper road fell to Shuppim and Hosah. Guard was alongside of guard:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:18 - As for the court[fn] to the west, there were four at the road and two at the court[fn] itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - From the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives—seventeen hundred able men—were responsible in Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the king’s service.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in everything he undertook.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 - Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon spring in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and encircling the hill of Ophel; he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:6 - No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:12 - as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:3 - those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:5 - Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:6 - so that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting people may know there is none besides me. I am the LORD, and there is no other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:19 - From the west, people will fear the name of the LORD, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the LORD drives along.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:5 - As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between its eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground.
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