BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5682
a.va.rim — Abarim
Abarim = "regions beyond" a mountain or range of mountains on the east of the Jordan, in the land of Moab, opposite to Jericho; Mount Nebo is part of this range Another name of ne.vo (נְבוֹ "(Mount )Nebo" H5015H)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6465
pe.or — Peor
§ Peor = "cleft" a mountain peak in Moab belonging to the Abarim range and near Pisgah
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5863
iy.ye ha.a.va.rim — Iye-abarim
§ Ije-abarim = "ruins of Abarim" a station of Israel in the wilderness on the southeast side of Moab
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Regions beyond; i.e., on the east of Jordan, a mountain, or rather a mountain-chain, over against Jericho, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, in the land of Moab. From “the top of Pisgah”, i.e., Mount Nebo (q.v.), one of its summits, Moses surveyed the Promised Land (Deut. 3:27; 32:49), and there he died (34:1, 5). The Israelites had one of their encampments in the mountains of Abarim (Num. 33:47, 48) after crossing the Arnon.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
