עֲרָבָהʻărâbâh
desert-plain, steppe
Pronunciation: ar-aw-baw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6160
Meanings
1.
a. arid steppe west of Dead Sea (in southern Judah) (1 Samuel 23:24; Ezekiel 47:8; Isaiah 51:3)
b. Jordan-valley west of river + adjacent plain (2 Samuel 2:29; Joshua 8:14; Deuteronomy 11:30)
c. Jordan-valley east of river (2 Samuel 4:7)
2.
a. especially of east Jordan plain (Deuteronomy 1:1; Joshua 12:1; Joshua 12:3)
3. (east Jordan), (West Jordan) (Numbers 22:1; Joshua 4:13; Joshua 5:10)
4. apparently North Arabian desert (Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 41:19)
5. in general the steppe (often || מִדְבָּר) (Jeremiah 17:6; Jeremiah 50:12; Isaiah 33:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 61 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 22:1 Then the people of Israel traveled to the plains of Moab and camped east of the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
- Numbers 26:3 So there on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued these instructions to the leaders of Israel:
- Numbers 26:63 So these are the results of the registration of the people of Israel as conducted by Moses and Eleazar the priest on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
- Numbers 31:12 they brought them all to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the whole community of Israel, which was camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
- 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.
- Numbers 33:49 Along the Jordan River they camped from Beth-jeshimoth as far as the meadows of Acacia on the plains of Moab.
See every passage
- Numbers 22:1, 26:3, 26:63, 31:12, 33:48, 33:49, 33:50, 35:1, 36:13
- Deuteronomy 1:1, 1:7, 2:8, 3:17, 4:49, 11:30, 34:1, 34:8
- Joshua 3:16, 4:13, 5:10, 8:14, 11:2, 11:16, 12:1, 12:3, 12:8, 13:32, 18:18
- 1 Samuel 23:24
- 2 Samuel 2:29, 4:7, 15:28, 17:16
- 2 Kings 14:25, 25:4, 25:5
- Job 24:5, 39:6
- Psalms 68:4
- Isaiah 33:9, 35:1, 35:6, 40:3, 41:19, 51:3
- Jeremiah 2:6, 5:6, 17:6, 39:4, 39:5, 50:12, 51:43, 52:7, 52:8
- Ezekiel 47:8
- Amos 6:14
- Zechariah 14:10
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).