Word Study · Strong's H6154 · Hebrew
עֵרֶב
ereb
ay'-reb
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻêreb
“the web (or transverse threads of cloth)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the web (or transverse threads of cloth); also a mixture, (or mongrel race)
Rendered in the KJV as
Arabia, mingled people, mixed (multitude), woof.
- 15occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 15 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- בָעֵ֙רֶב֙3
- הָעֶ֔רֶב2
- בְעֵ֔רֶב1
- בָעֵ֑רֶב1
- הָעֵ֗רֶב1
- הָעֵ֜רֶב1
- הָעֵ֔רֶב1
- הָעֶ֛רֶב1
- הָעֶ֣רֶב1
- הָעֵֽרֶב׃1
- עֵ֥רֶב1
- עֵ֖רֶב1
How it is rendered · 7
- in the woof4
- the woof4
- the foreigner3
- a mixed company1
- in woof1
- person of mixed ancestry1
- the Arab[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular7
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular4
- noun · masculine singular2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmsa · 7
- HRd/Ncmsa · 4
- HNcmsa · 2
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
- HTd/Npl · 1
All 15, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Leviticus9 of 15 · 60%
- Jeremiah3 of 15 · 20%
- Exodus1 of 15 · 7%
- Nehemiah1 of 15 · 7%
- Ezekiel1 of 15 · 7%
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Leviticus9 occurrences
- Leviticus 13:48בְעֵ֔רֶבveerevpreposition + noun · masculine singularany weave or knit of linen or wool, or any article of leather—here: in woof
- Leviticus 13:49בָעֵ֙רֶב֙vaerevpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularand if the mark in the fabric, leather, weave, knit, or leather article is green or red, then it is contaminated with mildew and must be shown to the priest.here: in the woof
- Leviticus 13:51בָעֵ֙רֶב֙vaerevpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularOn the seventh day the priest shall reexamine it, and if the mildew has spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather, then regardless of how it is used, it is a harmful mildew; the article is unclean.here: in the woof
- Leviticus 13:52הָעֵ֗רֶבhaerevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularHe is to burn the fabric, weave, or knit, whether the contaminated item is wool or linen or leather. Since the mildew is harmful, the article must be burned up.here: the woof
- Leviticus 13:53בָעֵ֑רֶבvaerevpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularBut when the priest reexamines it, if the mildew has not spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather article,here: in the woof
- Leviticus 13:56הָעֵֽרֶב׃haerevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularIf the priest examines it and the mildew has faded after it has been washed, he must cut the contaminated section out of the fabric, leather, weave, or knit.here: the woof
- Leviticus 13:57בָעֵ֙רֶב֙vaerevpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularBut if it reappears in the fabric, weave, or knit, or on any leather article, it is spreading. You must burn the contaminated article.here: in the woof
- Leviticus 13:58הָעֵ֜רֶבhaerevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularIf the mildew disappears from the fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article after washing, then it is to be washed again, and it will be clean.here: the woof
- Leviticus 13:59הָעֵ֔רֶבhaerevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThis is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.”here: the woof
Nehemiah1 occurrence
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 25:20הָעֶ֔רֶבhaerevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularall the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;here: the foreigner
- Jeremiah 25:24הָעֶ֔רֶבhaerevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;here: the Arab[s]
- Jeremiah 50:37הָעֶ֛רֶבhaerevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularA sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.here: the foreigner