עָרֹב
ʿārōb
swarm
Strong's H6157NounHebrewTWOT 1685c

עָרֹב (ʿārōb) is a Hebrew noun meaning swarm. It appears 9 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6157).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1685c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1685c)swarm, mixture; mosquito; divers sorts of flies
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָרֹב noun, masculine: swarm, mixture

probably swarm (mixture, from incessant, involved motion)

Strong's H6157 עָרֹב: a mosquito (from its swarming)
KJV:divers sorts of flies, swarm.

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 1685: ערב ʿrb — Root of: עֵ֫רֶב mixture, mixed company; עֵ֫רֶב woof, mixed; עָרֹב swarm, mixture

See it in Scripture

Psalms 78:45

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