Word Study · Strong's H6150 · Hebrew

עָרַב

arab

aw-rab'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻârab

“to grow dusky at sundown”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to grow dusky at sundown

Rendered in the KJV as

be darkened, (toward) evening.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

וְהַעֲרֵ֑ב1
לַעֲרֹ֗ב1
עָֽרְבָה֙1

How it is rendered · 3

and [the] evening darkened1
it has become evening1
to become evening1

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

How it parses · 3

conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute1
preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1
verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/Vhaa · 1
HR/Vqcc · 1
HVqp3fs · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Judges1 of 3 · 33%
1 Samuel1 of 3 · 33%
Isaiah1 of 3 · 33%

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

Judges1 occurrence

Judges 19:9לַעֲרֹ֗בlaaropreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”here: to become evening

1 Samuel1 occurrence

1 Samuel 17:16וְהַעֲרֵ֑בvehaarevconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteFor forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.here: and [the] evening darkened

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 24:11עָֽרְבָה֙ʾarevahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularIn the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.here: it has become evening

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled עָרַב

H6148 · 22×

עָרַב

arab

“to braid, i.e. intermix”

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