עֲרָבִי
ʿarbî
steppe-dweller
Strong's H6163Proper NounHebrewTWOT 1688b

עֲרָבִי (ʿarbî) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning steppe-dweller. It appears 10 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6163).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1688b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1688b)steppe-dweller; Arabian
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עֲרָבִי noun, gentilic: steppe-dweller

of foregoing [p.fe.ab] steppe-dweller

Strong's H6163 עֲרָבִי: an Arabian or inhabitant of Arab (i.e. Arabia)
KJV:Arabian.

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

2 Chronicles 17:11Nehemiah 2:19Isaiah 13:20

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