עֲרָבָה

a.ra.vahArabah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place60 occurrences13 books56 verses
This name belongs to 4 different places in the Bible:
  • Arabah: A desert region in the Jordan Valley and southward
  • Beth-arabah: Town and wilderness area in Judah, also associated with Benjamin
  • Brook of the Arabah: Eastern boundary of Jeroboam II's kingdom
  • Salt Sea: Another name for the Dead Sea

Definition

from H6150 (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
Traditional renderings: Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also H1026.

Glossary entries

Arabah Dead Sea Beth-Arabah Arbathite Salt Sea Brook of the Arabah

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

60 total
  1. Numbers 22:1בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹת · in the plains
    Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
  2. Numbers 26:3בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת · So on the plains
    So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,
  3. Numbers 26:63בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת · on the plains
    These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
  4. Numbers 31:12עַֽרְבֹ֣ת · the plains
    They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
  5. Numbers 33:48בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת · on the plains
    They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
  6. Numbers 33:49בְּעַֽרְבֹ֖ת · And there on the plains
    And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.
  7. Numbers 33:50בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת · On the plains
    On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
  8. Numbers 35:1בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת · on the plains
    Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
  9. Numbers 36:13בְּעַֽרְבֹ֣ת · on the plains
    These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
  10. Deuteronomy 1:1בָּֽעֲרָבָה֩ · in the Arabah
    These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
  11. Deuteronomy 1:7בָּעֲרָבָ֥ה · in the Arabah
    Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.
  12. Deuteronomy 2:8הָֽעֲרָבָ֔ה · from the Arabah
    So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.
  13. Deuteronomy 3:17 (2×)וְהָֽעֲרָבָ֖ה · in the Arabah; הָֽעֲרָבָה֙ · of the Arabah
    The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
  14. Deuteronomy 4:49 (2×)הָ֨עֲרָבָ֜ה · the Arabah; הָעֲרָבָ֑ה · of the Arabah
    …including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.
  15. Deuteronomy 11:30בָּעֲרָבָ֑ה · in the Arabah
    Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?
  16. Deuteronomy 34:1מֵֽעַרְבֹ֤ת · from the plains
    Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
  17. Deuteronomy 34:8בְּעַֽרְבֹ֥ת · in the plains
    The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
  18. Joshua 3:16הָעֲרָבָ֛ה · of the Arabah
    …the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
  19. Joshua 4:13עַֽרְב֥וֹת · the plains
    About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.
  20. Joshua 5:10בְּעַֽרְב֥וֹת · on the plains
    On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.
  21. Joshua 8:14הָֽעֲרָבָ֑ה · the Arabah
    When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.
  22. Joshua 11:2וּבָעֲרָבָ֛ה · in the Arabah
    …to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;
  23. Joshua 11:16הָעֲרָבָ֑ה · the Arabah
    So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,
  24. Joshua 12:1הָעֲרָבָ֖ה · the Arabah
    Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:
  25. Joshua 12:3 (2×)וְהָעֲרָבָה֩ · as well as the Arabah; הָעֲרָבָ֤ה · of the Arabah
    …as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
  26. Joshua 12:8וּבָֽעֲרָבָה֙ · the Arabah
    …the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):
  27. Joshua 13:32בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹת · on the plains
    These were the portions Moses had given them on the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.
  28. Joshua 18:18 (2×)הָֽעֲרָבָ֖ה · Beth-arabah; הָעֲרָבָֽתָה׃ · into the valley
    Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabah and went down into the valley.
  29. 1 Samuel 23:24בָּעֲרָבָ֔ה · in the Arabah
    So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
  30. 2 Samuel 2:29בָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה · through the Arabah
    And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.
  31. 2 Samuel 4:7הָעֲרָבָ֖ה · of the Arabah
    They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
  32. 2 Samuel 17:16בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹת · at the fords
    Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
  33. 2 Kings 14:25הָעֲרָבָ֑ה · of the Arabah
    This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
  34. 2 Kings 25:4הָעֲרָבָֽה׃ · the Arabah
    Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
  35. 2 Kings 25:5בְּעַרְב֣וֹת · in the plains
    …but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
  36. Job 24:5עֲרָבָ֥ה · the wasteland
    Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
  37. Job 39:6עֲרָבָ֣ה · the wilderness
    I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
  38. Psalm 68:4בָּ֭עֲרָבוֹת · on the clouds
    Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds—His name is the LORD—and rejoice before Him.
  39. Isaiah 33:9כָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה · like a desert
    The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
  40. Isaiah 35:1עֲרָבָ֛ה · the desert
    The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
  41. Isaiah 35:6בָּעֲרָבָֽה׃ · in the desert
    Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
  42. Isaiah 40:3בָּעֲרָבָ֔ה · in the desert
    A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
  43. Isaiah 41:19בָּעֲרָבָ֗ה · in the desert
    I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,
  44. Isaiah 51:3וְעַרְבָתָ֖הּ · and her desert
    For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
  45. Jeremiah 2:6עֲרָבָ֤ה · of deserts
    They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
  46. Jeremiah 5:6עֲרָבוֹת֙ · from the desert
    Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.