עֲרָבָה
ʻărâbâh · ar-aw-baw'
a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6150 (עָרַב) (in the sense of sterility);
a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
- a desert
- especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also H1026 (בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the head, the highest › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
To see and know of the head, the highest of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲרָבָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
61 occurrences · 61 OT · 0 NT · 44 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the plains13 · 25%
- of the plain8 · 15%
- in the desert4 · 8%
- in the plain3 · 6%
- the plain3 · 6%
- and all the plain2 · 4%
- the wilderness2 · 4%
- with them in the plains1 · 2%
- at the plains1 · 2%
- thereunto, in the plain1 · 2%
- in the champaign1 · 2%
- from the plains1 · 2%
- to the plains1 · 2%
- and of the plains1 · 2%
- and the plain1 · 2%
- and from the plain1 · 2%
- and in the plains1 · 2%
- arabah1 · 2%
- unto arabah1 · 2%
- through the plain1 · 2%
- toward the plain1 · 2%
- him in the plains1 · 2%
- upon the heavens1 · 2%
- is like a wilderness1 · 2%
- for them; and the desert1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.