Word Study · Strong's H6155 · Hebrew

עָרָב

arab

aw-rawb'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻârâb

“a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles)

Rendered in the KJV as

willow.

5
occurrencesin the Old Testament
4 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
5
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 5 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 5

הָעֲרָבִ֖ים1
וְעַרְבֵי־1
כַּעֲרָבִ֖ים1
עַרְבֵי־1
עֲרָבִ֥ים1

How it is rendered · 5

[the] poplars of1
and poplars of1
like poplars1
poplars1
the poplars1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 5

conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
noun · masculine plural1
noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
preposition + noun · masculine plural1
the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/Ncmpc · 1
HNcmpa · 1
HNcmpc · 1
HR/Ncmpa · 1
HTd/Ncmpa · 1

All 5, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Isaiah2 of 5 · 40%
Leviticus1 of 5 · 20%
Job1 of 5 · 20%
Psalms1 of 5 · 20%

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Leviticus1 occurrence

Leviticus 23:40וְעַרְבֵי־vearvei-conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.here: and poplars of

Job1 occurrence

Job 40:22עַרְבֵי־ʾarvei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.here: [the] poplars of

Psalms1 occurrence

Psalms 137:2עֲרָבִ֥יםʾaravimnoun · masculine pluralThere on the willows we hung our harps,here: poplars

Isaiah2 occurrences

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