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Hebrew · Strong's H6149

עָרֵב

arebaw-rabe'

to be agreeable

1890 spelling: ʻârêb

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

to be agreeable

Rendered in the KJV as

be pleasant(-ing), take pleasure in, be sweet.

  • 8
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 6 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 8
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 8 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 8

  • וְֽעָרְבָ֥ה1
  • וְעָֽרְבָה֙1
  • יֶעֱרַ֣ב1
  • יֶֽעֶרְבוּ־1
  • עָ֥רְבָה1
  • עָ֥רְבוּ1
  • עָרַ֣בְתְּ1
  • תֶּעֱרַ֣ב1

How it is rendered · 7

  • and it will be pleasing2
  • it is pleasing1
  • it was pleasing1
  • may it be pleasing1
  • they are pleasing1
  • they will be pleasing1
  • you were pleasing1

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

How it parses · 7

  • Hc/Vqq3fs2
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular1
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person feminine singular1
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • Hc/Vqq3fs · 2
  • HVqi3fs · 1
  • HVqi3mp · 1
  • HVqi3ms · 1
  • HVqp2fs · 1
  • HVqp3cp · 1
  • HVqp3fs · 1

All 8, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Proverbs carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Psalms1 occurrence
Proverbs2 occurrences
Jeremiah2 occurrences
Ezekiel1 occurrence
Hosea1 occurrence
Malachi1 occurrence

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled עָרֵב

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0: their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).