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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 BoxExo 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:21 - “For if H518 you do not let H7971 My people H5971 go, H7971 behold, H2009 I will send H7971 swarms H6157 of flies on you and on your servants H5650 and on your people H5971 and into your houses; H1004 and the houses H1004 of the Egyptians H4714 will be full H4390 of swarms H6157 of flies, and also H1571 the ground H127 on which H834 they dwell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:22 - “But on that day H3117 I will set H6395 apart H6395 the land H776 of Goshen, H1657 where H834 My people H5971 are [fn]living, H5975 so that no H1115 swarms H6157 of flies will be there, H8033 in order H4616 that you may know H3045 that [fn]I, the LORD, H3068 am in the midst H7130 of the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:24 - Then the LORD H3068 did H6213 so. H3651 And there came H935 [fn]great H3515 swarms H6157 of flies into the house H1004 of Pharaoh H6547 and the houses H1004 of his servants H5650 and the land H776 was laid H7843 waste H7843 because H4480 H6440 of the swarms H6157 of flies in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - Then Moses H4872 said, H559 “Behold, H2009 I am going H3318 out from you, and I shall make H6279 supplication H6279 to the LORD H3068 that the swarms H6157 of flies may depart H5493 from Pharaoh, H6547 from his servants, H5650 and from his people H5971 tomorrow; H4279 only H7534 do not let Pharaoh H6547 deal H8524 deceitfully H8524 again H3254 in not letting H7971 the people H5971 go H7971 to sacrifice H2076 to the LORD.” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:31 - The LORD H3068 did H6213 [fn]as Moses H4872 asked, H1697 and removed H5493 the swarms H6157 of flies from Pharaoh, H6547 from his servants H5650 and from his people; H5971 not one H259 remained. H7604

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:45 - He sent H7971 among them swarms H6157 of flies H6157 which devoured H398 them,
And frogs H6854 which destroyed H7843 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:31 - He spoke, H559 and there came H935 a swarm H6157 of flies H6157
And gnats H3654 in all H3605 their territory. H1366
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