ʻÔrêb — H6159
H6159 · Hebrew — ערב
Pronunciation: o-rabe'
Other spellings: ʻÔwrêb עוֹרֵב
Definition
masculine proper noun
Oreb, the name of a Midianite and of the cliff near the Jordan
- Oreb = "raven"
- n pr m
- one of the chieftains of the Midianite army defeated by Gideon
- n pr loc
- a rock east of the Jordan where Oreb and part of his army fell to the Ephraimites
Usually translated as
Oreb
Origin
or ʻÔwrêb; the same as H6158
Occurrences
ʻÔrêb occurs 7 times in 4 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (2), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1)
- Judges 7:25 — And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb (עֹרֵ֣ב) and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
- Judges 7:25 — And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb (עוֹרֵ֤ב) upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
- Judges 7:25 — And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb (עוֹרֵב֙), and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
- Judges 7:25 — And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb (עֹרֵ֣ב) and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
- Judges 8:3 — God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb (עֹרֵ֣ב) and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
- Psalms 83:11 — Make their nobles like Oreb (כְּעֹרֵ֣ב), and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
- Isaiah 10:26 — And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb (עוֹרֵ֑ב): and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.