עֲרָבִי
ʻĂrâbîy · ar-aw-bee'
an Arabian or inhabitant of Arab (i.e. Arabia)
Lexicon
Derivation: or עַרְבִי; patrial from H6152 (עֲרָב);
an Arabian or inhabitant of Arab (i.e. Arabia)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Arabian.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the head, the highest › the house, what is within › the hand that works
To see and know of the head, the highest of the house, what is within of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲרָבִי 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the arabians2 · 22%
- the arabian2 · 22%
- and of the arabians1 · 11%
- with the arabians1 · 11%
- and against the arabians1 · 11%
- neither shall the arabian1 · 11%
- for them, as the arabian1 · 11%
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.