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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)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:1 - And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains H6160 of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:3 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains H6160 of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
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 H6160 of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains H6160 of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:48 - And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains H6160 of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:49 - And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains H6160 of Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:50 - And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains H6160 of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:1 - And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains H6160 of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 - These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains H6160 of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 - These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain H6160 over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, H6160 in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain H6160 from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - The plain H6160 also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, H6160 even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:49 - And all the plain H6160 on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, H6160 under the springs of Pisgah.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign H6160 over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:1 - And Moses went up from the plains H6160 of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains H6160 of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, H6160 even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:13 - About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains H6160 of Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10 - And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains H6160 of Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; H6160 but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2 - And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains H6160 south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16 - So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, H6160 and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain H6160 on the east:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:3 - And from the plain H6160 to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, H6160 even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8 - In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, H6160 and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32 - These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains H6160 of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:18 - And passed along toward the side over against Arabah H6160 northward, and went down unto Arabah: H6160
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 H6160 on the south of Jeshimon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, H6160 and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain H6160 all night.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:28 - See, I will tarry in the plain H6160 of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains H6160 of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, H6160 according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. H6160
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains H6160 of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness H6160 yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:6 - Whose house I have made the wilderness, H6160 and the barren land his dwellings.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:4 - Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens H6160 by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; H6160 and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert H6160 shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 - Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. H6160
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert H6160 a highway for our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19 - I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert H6160 the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert H6160 like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 - Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts H6160 and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings H6160 shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:6 - For he shall be like the heath in the desert, H6160 and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:4 - And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. H6160
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains H6160 of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

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