ʻĂrâb — H6152
H6152 · Hebrew — ערב
Pronunciation: ar-awb'
Other spellings: ʻĂrab עֲרַב
Definition
collective proper noun
Arab (i.e. Arabia), a country East of Palestine
- steppe-dwellers
- the people inhabiting the country east and south of Canaan, the nomadic desert Bedouins
- Arabians, Arabs
Usually translated as
Arabia
Origin
or ʻĂrab; from H6150 in the figurative sense of sterility
Greek equivalents
Occurrences
ʻĂrâb occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1)
- 2 Chronicles 9:14 — Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia (עֲרַב֙) and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
- Isaiah 21:13 — The burden upon Arabia (בַּעְרָ֑ב). In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
- Isaiah 21:13 — The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia (בַּעְרַב֙) shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
- Jeremiah 25:24 — And all the kings of Arabia (עֲרָ֑ב), and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
- Ezekiel 27:21 — Arabia (עֲרַב֙), and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.