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Lexicon :: Strong's H6160 - ʿărāḇâ

Aa
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)
Dictionary Aids

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 -

Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 journeyed H5265 on H5265, and camped H2583 in the plains H6160 of Moab H4124 beyond H4480 H5676 the Jordan H3383 opposite Jericho H3405.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:3 - So Moses H4872 and Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 spoke H1696 with them in the plains H6160 of Moab H4124 by the Jordan H3383 at Jericho H3405, saying H559,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:63 -

These H428 are the ones who were numbered H6485 by Moses H4872 and Eleazar H499 the priest H3548, who H834 numbered H6485 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 in the plains H6160 of Moab H4124 by the Jordan H3383 at Jericho H3405.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - They brought H935 the captives H7628 and the spoils H4455 and the plunder H7998 to Moses H4872, to Eleazar H499 the priest H3548, and to the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, to the camp H4264 at the plains H6160 of Moab H4124 which H834 are by the Jordan H3383, opposite Jericho H3405.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:48 - They journeyed H5265 from the mountains H2022 of Abarim H5682 and camped H2583 in the plains H6160 of Moab H4124, by the Jordan H3383 opposite Jericho H3405.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:49 - They camped H2583 by the Jordan H3383, from Beth-jeshimoth H1020 as far H5704 as Abel-shittim H63, in the plains H6160 of Moab H4124.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:50 -

Then the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Moses H4872 in the plains H6160 of Moab H4124 by the Jordan H3383 opposite Jericho H3405, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:1 -

Now the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to Moses H4872 in the plains H6160 of Moab H4124, by the Jordan H3383 opposite Jericho H3405, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 -

These H428 are the commandments H4687 and the ordinances H4941 which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 through H3027 Moses H4872 in the plains H6160 of Moab H4124, by the Jordan H3383 opposite Jericho H3405.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 -

These H428 are the words H1697 that Moses H4872 spoke H1696 to all H3605 Israel H3478 across H5676 the Jordan H3383 in the wilderness H4057, in the Arabah H6160 opposite H4136 [fn]Suph H5489, between H996 Paran H6290 and Tophel H8603, Laban H3837, Hazeroth H2698, and Dizahab H1774.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - ‘Turn H6437 and set H5265 out H5265 on H5265 your journey H5265, and go H935 to the hill H2022 country H2022 of the Amorites H567, and to all H3605 their neighbors H7934 in the Arabah H6160, in the hill H2022 country H2022, in the lowland H8219, in the [fn]Negev H5045, by the seacoast H3220 H2348, the land H776 of the Canaanites H3669, and Lebanon H3844, as far H5704 as the great H1419 river H5104, the river H5104 Euphrates H6578.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 -

“So we passed H5674 beyond H5674 H4480 our brothers H251 the sons H1121 of Esau H6215, who live H3427 in Seir H8165, away H4480 from the Arabah H6160 road H1870, away H4480 from Elath H359 and Ezion-geber H6100. And we turned H6437 and passed H5674 through H5674 by the way H1870 of the wilderness H4057 of Moab H4124.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - the Arabah H6160 also, with the Jordan H3383 [fn]as a border H1366, from [fn]Chinnereth H3672 even as far H5704 as the sea H3220 of the Arabah H6160, the Salt H4417 Sea H3220, [fn]at H8478 the H8478 foot H8478 of H8478 the slopes H794 of Pisgah H6449 on the east H4217.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:49 - with all H3605 the Arabah H6160 across H5676 the Jordan H3383 to the east H4217, even as far H5704 as the sea H3220 of the Arabah H6160, [fn]at H8478 the H8478 foot H8478 of H8478 the slopes H794 of Pisgah H6449.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - “Are they not across H5676 the Jordan H3383, west H310 of the road H1870 toward the sunset H8121 H3996, in the land H776 of the Canaanites H3669 who live H3427 in the Arabah H6160, opposite H4136 Gilgal H1537, beside H681 the [fn]oaks H436 of Moreh H4176?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:1 -

Now Moses H4872 went H5927 up H5927 from the plains H6160 of Moab H4124 to Mount H2022 Nebo H5015, to the top H7218 of Pisgah H6449, which H834 is opposite H5921 H6440 Jericho H3405. And the LORD H3068 showed H7200 him all H3605 the land H776, Gilead H1568 as far H5704 as Dan H1835,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - So the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 wept H1058 for Moses H4872 in the plains H6160 of Moab H4124 for thirty H7970 days H3117; then the days H3117 of weeping H1065 and mourning H60 for Moses H4872 came H8552 to H8552 an H8552 end H8552.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - then the waters H4325 which were [fn]flowing H3381 down H3381 from above H4480 H4605 stood H5975 and rose H6965 up H6965 in one H259 heap H5067, a great H3966 distance H7368 away H7368 at Adam H121, the city H5892 that is beside H4480 H6654 Zarethan H6891; and those which were [fn]flowing H3381 down H3381 toward H5921 the sea H3220 of the Arabah H6160, the Salt H4417 Sea H3220, were completely H8552 cut H3772 off H3772. So the people H5971 crossed H5674 opposite H5048 Jericho H3405.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:13 - about forty H705 thousand H505 equipped H2502 for war H6635, crossed H5674 for battle H4421 before H6440 the LORD H3068 to the desert H6160 plains H6160 of Jericho H3405.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10 -

While the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 camped H2583 at Gilgal H1537 they celebrated H6213 the Passover H6453 on the evening H6153 of the fourteenth H702 H6240 day H3117 of the month H2320 on the desert H6160 plains H6160 of Jericho H3405.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - And it came H1961 about H1961, when the king H4428 of Ai H5857 saw H7200 them, that the men H376 of the city H5892 hurried H4116 and got H7925 up H7925 early H7925, and went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 Israel H3478 in battle H4421, he and all H3605 his people H5971 at the appointed H4150 place H4150 before H6440 the desert H6160 plain H6160. But he did not know H3045 that there was an ambush H693 against him behind H4480 H310 the city H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2 - and to the kings H4428 who H834 were of the north H6828 in the hill H2022 country H2022, and in the Arabah H6160—south H5045 of [fn]Chinneroth H3672 and in the lowland H8219, and on the [fn]heights H5299 of Dor H1756 on the west H3220
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:16 -

So Joshua H3091 took H3947 all H3605 that land H776: the hill H2022 country H2022 and all H3605 the [fn]Negev H5045, all H3605 the land H776 of Goshen H1657, the lowland H8219, the Arabah H6160, the hill H2022 country H2022 of Israel H3478 and its lowland H8219

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 -

Now these H428 are the kings H4428 of the land H776 whom H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]defeated H5221, and they took possession H3423 of their land H776 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 toward the sunrise H4217 H8121, from the Valley H5158 of the Arnon H769 as far H5704 as Mount H2022 Hermon H2768, and all H3605 the Arabah H6160 to the east H4217:

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:3 - and the Arabah H6160 as far H5704 as the Sea H3220 of [fn]Chinneroth H3672 toward the east H4217, and as far H5704 as the Sea H3220 of the Arabah H6160, that is, the Salt H4417 Sea H3220, eastward H4217 [fn]toward H1870 Beth-jeshimoth H1020, and on the south H8486, [fn]at H8478 the H8478 foot H8478 of H8478 the slopes H794 of Pisgah H6449;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8 - in the hill H2022 country H2022, in the lowland H8219, in the Arabah H6160, on the slopes H794, in the wilderness H4057, and in the [fn]Negev H5045; the Hittite H2850, the Amorite H567 and the Canaanite H3669, the Perizzite H6522, the Hivite H2340, and the Jebusite H2983:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32 -

These H428 are the territories which H834 Moses H4872 apportioned H5157 as H5157 an H5157 inheritance H5157 in the plains H6160 of Moab H4124, beyond H4480 H5676 the Jordan H3383 at Jericho H3405 to the east H4217.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:18 - And it continued H5674 to the side H3802 in front H4136 of the Arabah H6160 northward H6828, and went H3381 down H3381 to the Arabah H6160.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:24 -

So they set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 to Ziph H2128 ahead H6440 of Saul H7586. Now David H1732 and his men H376 were in the wilderness H4057 of Maon H4584, in the Arabah H6160 to the south H3225 of [fn]Jeshimon H3452.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - Abner H74 and his men H376 then went H1980 through the Arabah H6160 all H3605 that night H3915; so they crossed H5674 the Jordan H3383, walked H1980 all H3605 morning H1338, and came H935 to Mahanaim H4266.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - Now when they had come H935 into the house H1004, as he was lying H7901 on his bed H4296 in his bedroom H2315 H4904, they struck H5221 him and killed H4191 him, and they beheaded H5493 H7218 him. And they took H3947 his head H7218 and [fn]traveled H1980 by way H1870 of the Arabah H6160 all H3605 night H3915.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:28 - “See H7200, I am going to wait H4102 at the river H5679 crossing H5679 places H5679 of the wilderness H4057 until H5704 word H1697 comes H935 from you to inform H5046 me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - “Now H6258 then, send H7971 a messenger quickly H4120 and tell H5046 David H1732, saying H559, ‘Do not spend H3885 the night H3915 at the river H6160 crossing H6160 places H6160 of the wilderness H4057, but by all H1571 H5674 means H5674 cross H5674 over H5674, or H6435 else H6435 the king H4428 and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 are with him will be [fn]destroyed H1104.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - He restored H7725 the border H1366 of Israel H3478 from the entrance H935 of Hamath H2574 as far H5704 as the Sea H3220 of the Arabah H6160, in accordance with the word H1697 of the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478, which H834 He spoke H1696 [fn]through H3027 His servant H5650 Jonah H3124 the son H1121 of Amittai H573, the prophet H5030, who H834 was from Gath-hepher H1662.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - Then the city H5892 was broken H1234 into, and all H3605 the men H376 of war H4421 fled by night H3915 by way H1870 of the gate H8179 between H996 the two walls H2346 that were beside H5921 the king’s H4428 garden H1588, though the Chaldeans H3778 were all H5439 around H5439 the city H5892. And [fn]they went H1980 by way H1870 of the Arabah H6160.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued H7291 the king H4428 and overtook H5381 him in the plains H6160 of Jericho H3405, and all H3605 his army H2428 was scattered H6327 from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 -

“Behold H2005, like wild H6501 donkeys H6501 in the wilderness H4057

They go H3318 out H3318 scavenging H7836 for food H2964 in their activity H6467,

As [fn]bread H3899 for their children H5288 in the desert H6160.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:6 -

To whom H834 I gave H7760 the wilderness H6160 as his home H1004,

And the salt H4420 land H4420 as his dwelling H4908 place H4908?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:4 -

Sing H7891 to God H430, sing H2167 praises H2167 to His name H8034;

[fn]Exalt H5549 Him who rides H7392 through the deserts H6160,

Whose name H8034 is [fn]the LORD H3050, and be H5937 jubilant H5937 before H6440 Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 -

The land H776 mourns H56 and wastes H535 away H535,

Lebanon H3844 is shamed H2659 and withers H7060;

Sharon H8289 is like a desert H6160 plain H6160,

And Bashan H1316 and Carmel H3760 [fn]lose H5287 their foliage.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:1 -

The wilderness H4057 and the desert H6723 will rejoice H1523,

And the [fn]desert H6160 will shout H1523 for H1523 joy H1523 and blossom H6524;

Like the crocus H2261

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 -

Then H227 those who limp H6455 will leap H1801 like a deer H354,

And the tongue H3956 of those H483 who H483 cannot H483 speak H483 will shout H7442 for H7442 joy H7442.

For waters H4325 will burst H1234 forth H1234 in the wilderness H4057,

And streams H5158 in the [fn]desert H6160.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 -

The voice H6963 of one calling H7121 out H7121,

“Clear H6437 the way H1870 for the LORD H3068 in the wilderness H4057;

Make H3474 [fn]straight H3474 in the desert H6160 a highway H4546 for our God H430.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19 -

“I will put H5414 the cedar H730 in the wilderness H4057,

The acacia H7848, the myrtle H1918, and the olive H8081 tree H8410;

I will place H7760 the juniper H1265 in the desert H6160,

Together H3162 with the elm H8410 tree H8410 and the cypress H8391,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 -

Indeed H3588, the LORD H3068 will comfort H5162 Zion H6726;

He will comfort H5162 all H3605 her ruins H2723.

And He will make H7760 her wilderness H4057 like Eden H5731,

And her desert H6160 like the garden H1588 of the LORD H3068.

Joy H8342 and gladness H8057 will be found H4672 in her,

Thanksgiving H8426 and the sound H6963 of a melody H2172.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 -

“They did not say H559, ‘Where H346 is the LORD H3068

Who brought H5927 us up H5927 out of the land H776 of Egypt H4714,

Who led H1980 us through the wilderness H4057,

Through a land H776 of deserts H6160 and of pits H7745,

Through a land H776 of drought H6723 and of [fn]deep H6757 darkness H6757,

Through a land H776 that no H3808 one H376 crossed H5674

And where H8033 no H3808 person H120 lived H3427?’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 -

Therefore H5921 H3651 a lion H738 from the forest H3293 will kill H5221 them,

A wolf H2061 of the deserts H6160 will destroy H7703 them,

A leopard H5246 is watching H8245 their cities H5892.

Everyone H3605 who goes H3318 out H3318 of them will be torn H2963 in H2963 pieces H2963,

Because H3588 their wrongdoings H6588 are H7231 many H7231,

Their apostasies H4878 are H6105 numerous H6105.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:6 -

“For he will be like a bush H6176 in the desert H6160,

And will not see H7200 when H3588 prosperity H2896 comes H935,

But will live H7931 in H7931 stony H2788 wastes H2788 in the wilderness H4057,

A land H776 of salt H4420 that is not inhabited H3427.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:4 - And when H834 Zedekiah H6667 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 and all H3605 the men H376 of war H4421 saw H7200 them, they fled H1272 and left H3318 the city H5892 at night H3915 by way H1870 of the king’s H4428 garden H1588 through the gate H8179 between H996 the two walls H2346; and he went H3318 out H3318 toward H1870 the [fn]Arabah H6160.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued H7291 them and overtook H5381 Zedekiah H6667 in the plains H6160 of Jericho H3405; and they took H3947 him and brought H5927 him up H5927 to Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 at Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574, and he [fn]passed H1696 sentence H1696 on him.

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