עֲרַב
ʿărāb
desert-plateau
Strong's H6152Proper NounHebrewTWOT 1688c

עֲרַב (ʿărāb) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning desert-plateau. It appears 6 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6152).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1688c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1688c)steppe-dwellers; Arab, Arabia
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עֲרָב proper name of a people, collective: steppe-dwellers

proper name of a people, steppe-dwellers

Strong's H6152 עֲרָב: Arab (i.e. Arabia), a country East of Palestine
KJV:Arabia.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1688: ערב ʿrb — Root of: עֲרַב desert-plateau, steppe; עֲרָב steppe-dwellers; עֲרָבָה desert-plain, steppe; עֲרָבִי steppe-dweller

See it in Scripture

1 Kings 10:152 Chronicles 9:14Isaiah 21:13

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