עֲבָרִיםʻĂbârîym

Abarim, a place in Palestine

Pronunciation: ab-aw-reem' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5682

Meanings

proper name [of a location]: 'Abarîm, the mountainous district in northwest Moab, just northeast of Dead Sea (Numbers 27:12; Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 33:47; Deuteronomy 33:48; Jeremiah 22:20)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 27:12 One day the Lord said to Moses, “Climb one of the mountains east of the river, and look out over the land I have given the people of Israel.
  • Numbers 33:47 They left Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains east of the river, near Mount Nebo.
  • Numbers 33:48 They left the mountains east of the river and camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
  • Deuteronomy 32:49 “Go to Moab, to the mountains east of the river, and climb Mount Nebo, which is across from Jericho. Look out across the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the people of Israel as their own special possession.
  • Jeremiah 22:20 Weep for your allies in Lebanon. Shout for them in Bashan. Search for them in the regions east of the river. See, they are all destroyed. Not one is left to help you.

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).