מַעֲרָבmaʻărâb
west, (place of sunset) (Isaiah 45:6; Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 59:19; Psalms 103:12; Psalms 107:3)
Pronunciation: mah-ar-awb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4628
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 7:28 The descendants of Ephraim lived in the territory that included Bethel and its surrounding towns to the south, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding villages to the north as far as Ayyah and its towns.
- 1 Chronicles 12:15 These were the men who crossed the Jordan River during its seasonal flooding at the beginning of the year and drove out all the people living in the lowlands on both the east and west banks.
- 1 Chronicles 26:16 Shuppim and Hosah were assigned the west gate and the gateway leading up to the Temple. Guard duties were divided evenly.
- 1 Chronicles 26:18 Six were assigned each day to the west gate, four to the gateway leading up to the Temple, and two to the courtyard.
- 1 Chronicles 26:30 From the clan of Hebron came Hashabiah. He and his relatives—1,700 capable men—were put in charge of the Israelite lands west of the Jordan River. They were responsible for all matters related to the things of the Lord and the service of the king in that area.
- 2 Chronicles 32:30 He blocked up the upper spring of Gihon and brought the water down through a tunnel to the west side of the City of David. And so he succeeded in everything he did.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).