Hebrew verb · H6149
עָרֵב
arebaw-rabe'
to please
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻârêb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6149is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6149
to be agreeable
The King James renders it: be pleasant(-ing), take pleasure in, be sweet.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
areb is rendered "to please". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Psalms 104:34May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
Psalms 104:34יֶעֱרַ֣ב
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- 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 words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עָרֵל | arel | uncircumcised | Uses35 |
| עָרֵם | arem | heap | Uses11 |
| עָרֵב | areb | sweet | Uses2 |
| עָרֵל | arel | be uncircumcised | Uses2 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְֽעָרְבָ֥ה1
- וְעָֽרְבָה֙1
- יֶעֱרַ֣ב1
- יֶֽעֶרְבוּ־1
- עָ֥רְבָה1
- עָ֥רְבוּ1
- עָרַ֣בְתְּ1
- תֶּעֱרַ֣ב1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqq3fs2Hc/Vqq3fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqi3fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singular1HVqp2fs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqp3fs
Psalms
one use
May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
- יֶעֱרַ֣בyeeravverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may it be pleasing
Proverbs
two uses
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
- וְֽעָרְבָ֥הvearevahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will be pleasing
Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
- תֶּעֱרַ֣בteeravverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is pleasing
Jeremiah
two uses
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
- עָ֥רְבוּʾarevuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are pleasing
At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.
- עָ֥רְבָהʾarevahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was pleasing
Ezekiel
one use
therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.
- עָרַ֣בְתְּʾaravtverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you were pleasing
Hosea
one use
They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.
- יֶֽעֶרְבוּ־yeervu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be pleasing
Malachi
one use
Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.
- וְעָֽרְבָה֙vearevahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will be pleasing
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.