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Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H6160

עֲרָבָה

arabahar-aw-baw'

Arabah

61 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʻărâbâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6160is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 13 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 44
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6160

a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea

The King James renders it: Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also H1026 (בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה).

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

arabah is rendered "Arabah". It stands 61 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.

  • Thirteen of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 22:1Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
  • The Greek text spells it forty-four different ways.

The first use

Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.

Numbers 22:1בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹת

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in thirteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 26 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • the Arabah16
  • in plains of12
  • in the desert plain6
  • desert plain3
  • in the Arabah3
  • and a desert plain2
  • and in the Arabah2
  • and the Arabah2
  • in desert plains of2
  • plains of2
  • a desert plain1
  • and desert plain its1

and 9 more, 61 uses in all

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.

עֲרָפֶלaraphelcloudUses15
עֲרָבִיArabiArabUses9
עֲרָבוֹןarabonpledgeUses3
עֲרָדaradwild donkeyUses1

The words it stands beside

All 61, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

44 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

  • בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת7
  • בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹת4
  • הָעֲרָבָ֑ה3
  • הָעֲרָבָֽה׃3
  • בָּעֲרָבָ֔ה2
  • בָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה2
  • הָֽעֲרָבָ֑ה2
  • הָעֲרָבָ֖ה2
  • בָּֽעֲרָבָה֩1
  • בָּעֲרָבָ֥ה1
  • בָּעֲרָבָ֑ה1
  • בָּעֲרָבָ֗ה1

and 32 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)14HTd/Npl
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)11HR/Npl
  • preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)7HRd/Npl
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)6HR/Ncfpc
  • noun · feminine singular4HNcfsa
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular4HRd/Ncfsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular3HTd/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2HC/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)2HC/Rd/Npl
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)2HC/Td/Npl
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HC/Ncfsc/Sp3fs
  • noun · feminine plural1HNcfpa

Numbers

nine uses
  • Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.

    Numbers 22:1

    • בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹתbearvotpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in plains of
  • So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,

    Numbers 26:3

    • בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣תbearvotpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in plains of
  • These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

    Numbers 26:63

    • בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣תbearvotpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in plains of
  • They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.

    Numbers 31:12

    • עַֽרְבֹ֣תʾarvotproper noun (a name)tagged: plains of
  • They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

    Numbers 33:48

    • בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣תbearvotpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in plains of
  • And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.

    Numbers 33:49

    • בְּעַֽרְבֹ֖תbearvotpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in plains of
  • On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,

    Numbers 33:50

    • בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣תbearvotpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in plains of
  • Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

    Numbers 35:1

    • בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣תbearvotpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in plains of
  • These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

    Numbers 36:13

    • בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣תbearvotpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in plains of

Deuteronomy

ten uses
  • These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

    Deuteronomy 1:1

    • בָּֽעֲרָבָה֩baaravahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the desert plain
  • Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.

    Deuteronomy 1:7

    • בָּעֲרָבָ֥הbaaravahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the desert plain
  • So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.

    Deuteronomy 2:8

    • הָֽעֲרָבָ֔הhaaravahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the desert plain
  • The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.

    Deuteronomy 3:17

    • וְהָֽעֲרָבָ֖הvehaaravahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and the Arabah
    • הָֽעֲרָבָה֙haaravahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Arabah
  • including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.

    Deuteronomy 4:49

    • הָ֨עֲרָבָ֜הhaaravahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Arabah
    • הָעֲרָבָ֑הhaaravahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Arabah
  • Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?

    Deuteronomy 11:30

    • בָּעֲרָבָ֑הbaaravahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Arabah
  • Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,

    Deuteronomy 34:1

    • מֵֽעַרְבֹ֤תmearvotpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from desert plains of
  • The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

    Deuteronomy 34:8

    • בְּעַֽרְבֹ֥תbearvotpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in desert plains of

Joshua

thirteen uses
  • the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

    Joshua 3:16

    • הָעֲרָבָ֛הhaaravahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Arabah
  • About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.

    Joshua 4:13

    • עַֽרְב֥וֹתarvotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: plains of
  • On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.

    Joshua 5:10

    • בְּעַֽרְב֥וֹתbearvotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on plains of
  • When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.

    Joshua 8:14

    • הָֽעֲרָבָ֑הhaaravahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Arabah
  • to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;

    Joshua 11:2

    • וּבָעֲרָבָ֛הuvaaravahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: and in the Arabah
  • So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,

    Joshua 11:16

    • הָעֲרָבָ֑הhaaravahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Arabah
  • Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:

    Joshua 12:1

    • הָעֲרָבָ֖הhaaravahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Arabah
  • as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

    Joshua 12:3

    • וְהָעֲרָבָה֩vehaaravahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and the Arabah
    • הָעֲרָבָ֤הhaaravahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Arabah
  • the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):

    Joshua 12:8

    • וּבָֽעֲרָבָה֙uvaaravahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: and in the Arabah
  • These were the portions Moses had given them on the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.

    Joshua 13:32

    • בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹתbearvotpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in plains of
  • Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabah and went down into the valley.

    Joshua 18:18

    • הָֽעֲרָבָ֖הhaaravahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Arabah
    • הָעֲרָבָֽתָה׃haaravatahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Arabah towards

1 Samuel

one use
  • So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,

    1 Samuel 23:24

    • בָּעֲרָבָ֔הbaaravahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Arabah

2 Samuel

four uses
  • And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.

    2 Samuel 2:29

    • בָּֽעֲרָבָ֔הbaaravahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Arabah
  • They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

    2 Samuel 4:7

    • הָעֲרָבָ֖הhaaravahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Arabah
  • See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”

    2 Samuel 15:28

    • בְּעַֽרְב֖וֹתbeavrotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in desert plains of
  • Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”

    2 Samuel 17:16

    • בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹתbearvotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at desert plains of

2 Kings

three uses
  • This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.

    2 Kings 14:25

    • הָעֲרָבָ֑הhaaravahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Arabah
  • Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

    2 Kings 25:4

    • הָעֲרָבָֽה׃haaravahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Arabah
  • but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.

    2 Kings 25:5

    • בְּעַרְב֣וֹתbearvotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in plains of

Job

two uses
  • Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

    Job 24:5

    • עֲרָבָ֥הʾaravahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a desert plain
  • I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.

    Job 39:6

    • עֲרָבָ֣הʾaravahnoun · feminine singulartagged: desert plain

Psalms

one use
  • Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds— His name is the LORD— and rejoice before Him.

    Psalms 68:4

    • בָּ֭עֲרָבוֹתbaaravotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: in the clouds

Isaiah

six uses
  • The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

    Isaiah 33:9

    • כָּֽעֲרָבָ֔הkaaravahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: like the desert plain
  • The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

    Isaiah 35:1

    • עֲרָבָ֛הʾaravahnoun · feminine singulartagged: desert plain
  • Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

    Isaiah 35:6

    • בָּעֲרָבָֽה׃baaravahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the desert plain
  • A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

    Isaiah 40:3

    • בָּעֲרָבָ֔הbaaravahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the desert plain
  • I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,

    Isaiah 41:19

    • בָּעֲרָבָ֗הbaaravahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the desert plain
  • For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

    Isaiah 51:3

    • וְעַרְבָתָ֖הּvearvatahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and desert plain its

Jeremiah

nine uses
  • They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

    Jeremiah 2:6

    • עֲרָבָ֤הʾaravahnoun · feminine singulartagged: desert plain
  • Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

    Jeremiah 5:6

    • עֲרָבוֹת֙aravotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: desert plains
  • He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.

    Jeremiah 17:6

    • בָּֽעֲרָבָ֔הbaaravahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the desert plain
  • When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.

    Jeremiah 39:4

    • הָעֲרָבָֽה׃haaravahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Arabah
  • But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.

    Jeremiah 39:5

    • בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹתbearvotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in plains of
  • your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

    Jeremiah 50:12

    • וַעֲרָבָֽה׃vaaravahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a desert plain
  • Her cities have become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one lives, where no son of man passes through.

    Jeremiah 51:43

    • וַעֲרָבָ֑הvaaravahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a desert plain
  • Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

    Jeremiah 52:7

    • הָעֲרָבָֽה׃haaravahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Arabah
  • but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.

    Jeremiah 52:8

    • בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣תbearvotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in plains of

Ezekiel

one use
  • And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh.

    Ezekiel 47:8

    • הָֽעֲרָבָ֑הhaaravahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Arabah

Amos

one use
  • For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”

    Amos 6:14

    • הָעֲרָבָֽה׃ סhaaravahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Arabah

Zechariah

one use
  • All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.

    Zechariah 14:10

    • כָּעֲרָבָה֙kaaravahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: like the Arabah

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