Word Study · Strong's H6152 · Hebrew

עֲרָב

Arab

ar-awb'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻĂrâb

“Arab (i.e. Arabia), a country East of Palestine”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Arab (i.e. Arabia), a country East of Palestine

Rendered in the KJV as

Arabia.

6
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
5
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 6 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 5

עֲרַב֙2
בַּעְרַב֙1
בַּעְרָ֑ב1
הָעֶ֖רֶב1
עֲרָ֑ב1

How it is rendered · 4

Arabia3
in Arabia1
on Arabia1
the Arab[s]1

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

How it parses · 3

proper noun (a name)3
preposition + proper noun (a name)2
the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNpl · 3
HR/Npl · 2
HTd/Npl · 1

All 6, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Isaiah2 of 6 · 33%
1 Kings1 of 6 · 17%
2 Chronicles1 of 6 · 17%
Jeremiah1 of 6 · 17%
Ezekiel1 of 6 · 17%

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1 Kings1 occurrence

1 Kings 10:15הָעֶ֖רֶבhaerevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.here: the Arab[s]

2 Chronicles1 occurrence

2 Chronicles 9:14עֲרַב֙ʾaravproper noun (a name)not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.here: Arabia

Isaiah2 occurrences

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 25:24עֲרָ֑בʾaravproper noun (a name)all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;here: Arabia

Ezekiel1 occurrence

Ezekiel 27:21עֲרַב֙ʾaravproper noun (a name)Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.here: Arabia

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