Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6154
עֵרֶב
erebay'-reb
Arabia; mixture; racial-mix
15 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻêreb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6154is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6154
the web (or transverse threads of cloth); also a mixture, (or mongrel race)
The King James renders it: Arabia, mingled people, mixed (multitude), woof.
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
ereb is rendered "Arabia; mixture; racial-mix". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "Arabia".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 12:38And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
Exodus 12:38עֵ֥רֶב
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Nine of the word's fifteen uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: Arabia, and mixture, and racial-mix.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| ArabiaStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 12:38And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock… |
| mixtureStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| racial-mixStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- in the woof4
- the woof4
- the foreigner3
- a mixed company1
- in woof1
- person of mixed ancestry1
- the Arab1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| עֵרֶךְ | erek | valuation | Uses33 |
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 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
- בָעֵ֙רֶב֙3
- הָעֶ֔רֶב2
- בְעֵ֔רֶב1
- בָעֵ֑רֶב1
- הָעֵ֗רֶב1
- הָעֵ֜רֶב1
- הָעֵ֔רֶב1
- הָעֶ֛רֶב1
- הָעֶ֣רֶב1
- הָעֵֽרֶב׃1
- עֵ֥רֶב1
- עֵ֖רֶב1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular7HTd/Ncmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular4HRd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular2HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1HTd/Npl
Exodus
one use
And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
- עֵ֥רֶבʾerevnoun · masculine singulartagged: a mixed company
Leviticus
nine uses
any weave or knit of linen or wool, or any article of leather—
- בְעֵ֔רֶבveerevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in woof
and if the mark in the fabric, leather, weave, knit, or leather article is green or red, then it is contaminated with mildew and must be shown to the priest.
- בָעֵ֙רֶב֙vaerevpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the woof
On the seventh day the priest shall reexamine it, and if the mildew has spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather, then regardless of how it is used, it is a harmful mildew; the article is unclean.
- בָעֵ֙רֶב֙vaerevpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the woof
He is to burn the fabric, weave, or knit, whether the contaminated item is wool or linen or leather. Since the mildew is harmful, the article must be burned up.
- הָעֵ֗רֶבhaerevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the woof
But when the priest reexamines it, if the mildew has not spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather article,
- בָעֵ֑רֶבvaerevpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the woof
If the priest examines it and the mildew has faded after it has been washed, he must cut the contaminated section out of the fabric, leather, weave, or knit.
- הָעֵֽרֶב׃haerevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the woof
But if it reappears in the fabric, weave, or knit, or on any leather article, it is spreading. You must burn the contaminated article.
- בָעֵ֙רֶב֙vaerevpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the woof
If the mildew disappears from the fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article after washing, then it is to be washed again, and it will be clean.
- הָעֵ֜רֶבhaerevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the woof
This is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.”
- הָעֵ֔רֶבhaerevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the woof
Nehemiah
one use
As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.
- עֵ֖רֶבʾerevnoun · masculine singulartagged: person of mixed ancestry
Jeremiah
three uses
all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
- הָעֶ֔רֶבhaerevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the foreigner
all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;
- הָעֶ֔רֶבhaerevthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Arab
A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
- הָעֶ֛רֶבhaerevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the foreigner
Ezekiel
one use
Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
- הָעֶ֣רֶבhaerevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the foreigner
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.