Quick Definition
Arabah
Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
Derivation: from H6150 (עָרַב) (in the sense of sterility);
KJV Usage: Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also H1026 (בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה).
TWOT Reference: 1688d
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֲרָבָה (a.ra.vah) — Arabah.
§ desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness
עֲרָבָה (a.ra.vah) — (Brook of) the Arabah.
Combined with na.chal (נַ֫חַל "Brook" H5158K) § desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness
עֲרָבָה (a.ra.vah) — Plains (of Moab).
Combined with mo.av (מוֹאָב " of Moab" H4124I) § desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness
עֲרָבָה (a.ra.vah) — (Beth)-arabah. desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness Another spelling of bet ha.a.ra.vah (בֵּית הָֽעֲרָבָה "Beth-arabah" H1026)
עֲרָבָה (a.ra.vah) — (Sea of) the Arabah.
Another name of me.lach (מֶ֫לַח "Salt( Sea)" H4417G)
עֲרָבָה (a.ra.vah) — plain.
§ desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
Landscapes | ≈ מִדְבָּר · צִיָּה
plain, steppe, desert, wilderness = a low, flat uninhabited area, with little water and little vegetation
NUM 22:1 · NUM 26:3 · NUM 26:63 · NUM 31:12 · NUM 33:48 · NUM 33:49 · NUM 33:50 · NUM 35:1 · NUM 36:13 · DEU 34:1 · DEU 34:8 · JOS 4:13 · JOS 5:10 · JOS 13:32 · 2KI 25:5 · JOB 24:5 · JOB 39:6 · PSA 68:5 · ISA 33:9 · ISA 35:1 · ISA 35:6 · ISA 40:3 · ISA 41:19 · ISA 51:3 · JER 2:6 · JER 5:6 · JER 17:6 · JER 39:5 · JER 50:12 · JER 51:43 · JER 52:8
Names of Locations
Arabah, Jordan Valley = the deep depression through which the River Jordan flows, which runs from the south of the Sea of Galilee via the Dead Sea into the Gulf of Aqabah
DEU 1:1 · DEU 1:7 · DEU 2:8 · DEU 3:17 · DEU 3:17 · DEU 4:49 · DEU 4:49 · DEU 11:30 · JOS 3:16 · JOS 8:14 · JOS 11:2 · JOS 11:16 · JOS 12:1 · JOS 12:3 · JOS 12:3 · JOS 12:8 · JOS 18:18 · JOS 18:18 · 1SA 23:24 · 2SA 2:29 · 2SA 4:7 · 2SA 15:28 · 2SA 17:16 · 2KI 14:25 · 2KI 25:4 · JER 39:4 · JER 52:7 · EZK 47:8 · AMO 6:14 · ZEC 14:10
noun f
noun f
Clouds
clouds = mass of visible, condensed watery vapor floating in the air; ► producing rain
1 PSA 68:5 ESV "deserts" = [1a] | RSV NIV NJPS NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV "clouds" = [3] 2 2SA 15:28 MT-K עברות | MT-Q עַרְבֹות
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֲרָבָה 61 n.f. desert-plain, steppe base