עֲבַרʻăbar
region across, beyond (Ezra 4:10; Ezra 4:11; Ezra 4:17; Ezra 4:20; Ezra 5:3)
Pronunciation: ab-ar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5675
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 4:10 They also sent greetings from the rest of the people whom the great and noble Ashurbanipal had deported and relocated in Samaria and throughout the neighboring lands of the province west of the Euphrates River.
- Ezra 4:11 This is a copy of their letter: “To King Artaxerxes, from your loyal subjects in the province west of the Euphrates River.
- Ezra 4:16 We declare to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, the province west of the Euphrates River will be lost to you.”
- Ezra 4:17 Then King Artaxerxes sent this reply: “To Rehum the governor, Shimshai the court secretary, and their colleagues living in Samaria and throughout the province west of the Euphrates River. Greetings.
- Ezra 4:20 Powerful kings have ruled over Jerusalem and the entire province west of the Euphrates River, receiving tribute, customs, and tolls.
- Ezra 5:3 But Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues soon arrived in Jerusalem and asked, “Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?”
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).