H6177 עֲרוֹעֵר (ʻĂrôwʻêr) ar-o-ayr'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Aroer

Biblical Persons & Places

Aroer Aroer_3

A location only mentioned at 1Sa.30.28; only referred to as Aroer (עֲרֹעֵר, עֲדְעָדָה).

Aroer Aroer_1

A location first mentioned at Deu.2.36; only referred to as Aroer (עֲרֹעֵר, עֲדְעָדָה).

Aroer Aroer_2

A location first mentioned at Num.32.34; referred to as Aroer (עֲרֹעֵר, עֲדְעָדָה), or Aroerite (עֲרֹעֵרִי).

Strong's Definition

Aroer, the name of three places in or near Palestine

Derivation: or עֲרֹעֵר; or עַרְעוֹר; the same as H6176 (עֲרוֹעֵר); nudity of situation;

KJV Usage: Aroer.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Aroer = "ruins"

1) a city on the north bank of the river Arnon, the southern point of the territory of Sihon the king of the Amorites and later of Reuben; modern 'Arair'

2) a city in Ammon near the Jabbok belonging to Gad

3) a town in southern Judah

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֲרֹעֵר (a.ro.er) — Aroer. Aroer = "ruins" a city in Ammon near the Jabbok belonging to Gad Also named: a.ro.e.ri (עֲרֹעֵרִי "Aroerite" H6200)

עֲרֹעֵר (a.ro.er) — Aroer.

§ Aroer = "ruins" a city on the north bank of the river Arnon, the southern point of the territory of Sihon the king of the Amorites and later of Reuben; modern 'Arair'

עֲרֹעֵר (a.ro.er) — Aroer.

§ Aroer = "ruins" a town in southern Judah

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עַרְעֹור (H6177)

name

Names of Locations | ≈ עֲרֹועֵר

Aroer = town, better known as Aroer; ◄ territory of Reuben

JDG 11:26

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֲרֹעֵר 10, עֲרוֹעֵר 5, עַרְעֹר 1 n.pr.loc. city on N. bank of Arnon, S. limit of E. Jordan Isr.

city near Rabbah in Ammon

city in S. Judah

base

Bible Occurrences (16)

32:34

2:36 3:12 4:48

12:2 13:9 13:16 13:25

11:26 11:33

30:28

24:5

10:33

5:8

17:2

48:19

Numbers 32:34

And the Gadites... built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

Deuteronomy 2:36

From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city [had walls] too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.

Deuteronomy 3:12

So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave [the land] beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.

Deuteronomy 4:48

extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),

Joshua 12:2

Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River the border of the Ammonites) that is, half of Gilead,

Joshua 13:9

[The area] from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,

Joshua 13:16

The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,

Joshua 13:25

The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites... as far as Aroer, near... Rabbah;