עָרֵבʻârêb

be sweet, pleasing

Pronunciation: aw-rabe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6149

Meanings

Qal: was sweet, thou wast pleasing (Jeremiah 31:26; Proverbs 3:24; Malachi 3:4)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Psalms 104:34 May all my thoughts be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
  • Proverbs 3:24 You can go to bed without fear; you will lie down and sleep soundly.
  • Proverbs 13:19 It is pleasant to see dreams come true, but fools refuse to turn from evil to attain them.
  • Jeremiah 6:20 There’s no use offering me sweet frankincense from Sheba. Keep your fragrant calamus imported from distant lands! I will not accept your burnt offerings. Your sacrifices have no pleasing aroma for me.”
  • Jeremiah 31:26 At this, I woke up and looked around. My sleep had been very sweet.
  • Ezekiel 16:37 this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies—the lovers with whom you have sinned, both those you loved and those you hated—and I will strip you naked in front of them so they can stare at you.
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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).