Arabia

Arabia, a desert region southeast of Israel, known for trade and nomadic tribes.

The name Arabia means “evening; desert; ravens”

PlaceOld & New Testaments9 books19 verses

Summary

A person from a location first mentioned at 2 Samuel 23:35; referred to as Arabia (עֲרָב, עֲרַב, עֵ֫רֶב), Arab (עַרְבִי, עֲרָבִי), Arbite (אַרְבִּי), Arabia (Ἀραβία), or Arabian (Ἄραψ).

Location

Identified as
Arabian Peninsula
Certainty
Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
Coordinates
23.000° N, 46.000° E
Arabia
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Glossary entries

Arabia, Arabs Arbite

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. 2 Samuel 23:35אַרְבִּי · Arbite
    Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
  2. 1 Kings 10:15עֲרָב · Arabia
    …not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.
  3. 2 Chronicles 9:14עֲרָב · Arabia
    …not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
  4. 2 Chronicles 17:11עַרְבִי · Arabia
    Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.
  5. 2 Chronicles 21:16עַרְבִי · Arabia
    Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.
  6. 2 Chronicles 22:1עַרְבִי · Arabia
    Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
  7. 2 Chronicles 26:7עַרְבִי · Arabia
    God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.
  8. Nehemiah 2:19עַרְבִי · Arabia
    But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
  9. Nehemiah 4:7עַרְבִי · Arabia
    When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,
  10. Nehemiah 6:1עַרְבִי · Arabia
    When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
  11. Isaiah 13:20עֲרָבִי · Arabia
    She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
  12. Isaiah 21:13עֲרַב · Arabia
    This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
  13. Jeremiah 3:2עֲרָבִי · Arabia
    “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
  14. Jeremiah 25:24עֲרָב · Arabia
    …all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;
  15. Ezekiel 27:21עֲרָב · Arabia
    Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.
  16. Ezekiel 30:5עֵ֫רֶב · Arabia
    Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
  17. Acts 2:11Ἄραψ · Arabia
    …both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
  18. Galatians 1:17Ἀραβία · Arabia
    …nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
  19. Galatians 4:25Ἀραβία · Arabia
    Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.