Word Study · Strong's H6177 · Hebrew
עֲרוֹעֵר
Aroer
ar-o-ayr'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻĂrôwʻêr
“Aroer, the name of three places in or near Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Aroer, the name of three places in or near Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Aroer.
- 16occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 10 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 16 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- מֵעֲרוֹעֵ֡ר3
- מֵעֲרֹעֵ֞ר2
- בַעֲרוֹעֵ֗ר1
- בַּעֲרֹעֵ֛ר1
- בַּעֲרֹעֵ֔ר1
- וּבְעַרְע֣וֹר1
- מֵעֲרוֹעֵר֩1
- מֵֽעֲרֹעֵ֡ר1
- מֵעֲרֹעֵר֙1
- עֲרוֹעֵ֕ר1
- עֲרוֹעֵ֑ר1
- עֲרֹעֵ֑ר1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 6
- from Aroer8
- Aroer4
- [were] in Aroer1
- and in Aroer1
- at Aroer1
- in Aroer1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- preposition + proper noun (a name)11
- proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Npl · 11
- HNpl · 4
- HC/R/Npl · 1
All 16, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Joshua4 of 16 · 25%
- Deuteronomy3 of 16 · 19%
- Judges2 of 16 · 13%
- Numbers1 of 16 · 6%
- 1 Samuel1 of 16 · 6%
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Numbers1 occurrence
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 2:36מֵֽעֲרֹעֵ֡רmearoerpreposition + proper noun (a name)From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.here: from Aroer
- Deuteronomy 3:12מֵעֲרֹעֵ֞רmearoerpreposition + proper noun (a name)So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.here: from Aroer
- Deuteronomy 4:48מֵעֲרֹעֵ֞רmearoerpreposition + proper noun (a name)extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),here: from Aroer
Joshua4 occurrences
- Joshua 12:2מֵעֲרוֹעֵ֡רmearoerpreposition + proper noun (a name)Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,here: from Aroer
- Joshua 13:9מֵעֲרוֹעֵ֡רmearoerpreposition + proper noun (a name)The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,here: from Aroer
- Joshua 13:16מֵעֲרוֹעֵ֡רmearoerpreposition + proper noun (a name)The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,here: from Aroer
- Joshua 13:25עֲרוֹעֵ֕רaroerproper noun (a name)The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;here: Aroer
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 11:26וּבְעַרְע֣וֹרuvearorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?here: and in Aroer
- Judges 11:33מֵעֲרוֹעֵר֩mearoerpreposition + proper noun (a name)With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.here: from Aroer
1 Samuel1 occurrence
Same headword in Strong's