ʻărâbâh — H6160

H6160 · Hebrew — ערבה

Pronunciation: ar-aw-baw'

Definition

feminine noun

a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea

  1. desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness

Usually translated as

plain, desert, wilderness, Arabah, champaign, evening, heaven

Origin

from H6150 (in the sense of sterility)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻărâbâh occurs 61 times in 57 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (9), Deuteronomy (8), Joshua (11), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (4), 2 Kings (3), Job (2), Psalms (1), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (9), Ezekiel (1), Amos (1), Zechariah (1)