Word Study · Strong's H6158 · Hebrew

עֹרֵב

oreb

o-rabe'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻôrêb

“a raven (from its dusky hue)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a raven (from its dusky hue)

Rendered in the KJV as

raven.

10
occurrencesin the Old Testament
9 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
9
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 10 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 9

עֹרֵ֖ב2
הָֽעֹרֵ֑ב1
הָעֹרְבִ֣ים1
וְהָעֹרְבִ֗ים1
וְעֹרֵ֖ב1
כָּעוֹרֵֽב׃1
לָעֹרֵ֗ב1
עֹ֝רֵ֗ב1
עֹרְבֵי־1

How it is rendered · 9

raven2
[the] ravens of1
a raven1
and raven1
and the ravens1
for the raven1
like the raven1
the raven1
the ravens1

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

How it parses · 7

noun · masculine singular3
preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2
conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcmsa · 3
HRd/Ncmsa · 2
HC/Ncmsa · 1
HC/Td/Ncmpa · 1
HNcmpc · 1
HTd/Ncmpa · 1
HTd/Ncmsa · 1

All 10, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Kings2 of 10 · 20%
Genesis1 of 10 · 10%
Leviticus1 of 10 · 10%
Deuteronomy1 of 10 · 10%
Job1 of 10 · 10%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 8:7הָֽעֹרֵ֑בhaorevthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularand sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.here: the raven

Leviticus1 occurrence

Leviticus 11:15עֹרֵ֖בʾorevnoun · masculine singularany kind of raven,here: raven

Deuteronomy1 occurrence

Deuteronomy 14:14עֹרֵ֖בʾorevnoun · masculine singularany kind of raven,here: raven

1 Kings2 occurrences

Job1 occurrence

Job 38:41לָעֹרֵ֗בlaorevpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWho provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?here: for the raven

Psalms1 occurrence

Psalms 147:9עֹ֝רֵ֗בʾorevnoun · masculine singularHe provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.here: a raven

Proverbs1 occurrence

Proverbs 30:17עֹרְבֵי־ʾorevei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.here: [the] ravens of

Song of Solomon1 occurrence

Song of Solomon 5:11כָּעוֹרֵֽב׃kaorevpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularHis head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.here: like the raven

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 34:11וְעֹרֵ֖בveorevconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThe desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.here: and raven

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled עֹרֵב

H6159 · 7×

עֹרֵב

Oreb

“Oreb, the name of a Midianite and of the cliff near the Jordan”

Read Genesis 8:7 in context →