עֲרוֹעֵרʻĂrôwʻêr

Aroer, the name of three places in or near Palestine

Pronunciation: ar-o-ayr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6177

Meanings

1. city on north bank of Arnon, southern limit of east Jordan Israel (Numbers 32:34; Deuteronomy 2:36; Deuteronomy 3:12)

2. city near Rabbah in Ammon, site unknown (Judges 11:33; Joshua 13:25)

3. city in southern Judah (1 Samuel 30:28; Joshua 15:22; Isaiah 17:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 16 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 32:34 The descendants of Gad built the towns of Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
  • Deuteronomy 2:36 “The Lord our God also helped us conquer Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and the town in the gorge, and the whole area as far as Gilead. No town had walls too strong for us.
  • Deuteronomy 3:12 “When we took possession of this land, I gave to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the territory beyond Aroer along the Arnon Gorge, plus half of the hill country of Gilead with its towns.
  • Deuteronomy 4:48 So Israel conquered the entire area from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon Gorge all the way to Mount Sirion, also called Mount Hermon.
  • Joshua 12:2 King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, was defeated. His kingdom included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge to the Jabbok River, which serves as a border for the Ammonites. This territory included the southern half of the territory of Gilead.
  • Joshua 13:9 Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba, as far as Dibon.
See every passage

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).