ʻârab — H6150

Definition

verb

to grow dusky at sundown

1. to become evening, grow dark
1. (Qal) to become evening, grow dark
2. (Hiphil) to spend the evening, do at evening

Usually translated as

evening, be darkened

Origin

a primitive root (rather identical with H6148 through the idea of covering with a texture)

• ʻârab (H6148)

Occurrences

ʻârab occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), Isaiah (1)

• Judges 19:9 — And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening (לַעֲרֹ֗ב), I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
• 1 Samuel 17:16 — And the Philistine drew near morning and evening (וְהַעֲרֵ֑ב), and presented himself forty days.
• Isaiah 24:11 — There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened (עָֽרְבָה֙), the mirth of the land is gone.