HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6160
עֲרָבָה
a.ra.vah — Arabah
§ desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness
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Arabah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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 · H4417
מֶ֫לַח
me.lach — Salt (Sea)
salt Also named: a.ra.vah (עֲרָבָה "(Sea of the )Arabah" H6160K)
23 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2023
הֹר
hor — (Mount) Hor
§ Hor = "mountain" the mountain on which Aaron died; situated on the eastern side of the valley of Arabah, the highest of the whole range of sandstone mountains in Edom; on the eastern side is the ancient city of Petra
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6290
פָּארָן
pa.ran — Paran
§ Paran = "place of caverns" wilderness area bounded on the north by Palestine, on the west by the wilderness of Etham, on the south by the desert of Sinai, and on the east by the valley of Arabah; the exodus was through this area and probably all 18 stops were in this area
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6790
צִן
tsin — Zin
§ Zin = "flat" name given to a portion of the desert tract between the Dead Sea and Arabah on the east in which Kadesh-barnea was located
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1026
בֵּית הָֽעֲרָבָה
bet ha.a.ra.vah — Beth-arabah
§ Beth-arabah = "house of the desert valley" or "place of the depression" a place in Judah or in Benjamin
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6164
עַרְבָתִי
ar.va.ti — Arbathite
Group of bet ha.a.ra.vah (בֵּית הָֽעֲרָבָה "Beth-arabah" H1026) § Arbathite, of Betharabah "desert house" an inhabitant of Beth-arabah
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8603
תֹּ֫פֶל
to.phel — Tophel
§ Tophel = "white" a place southeast of the Dead Sea and in or near the 'Arabah'
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Plain, in the Revised Version of 2 Kings 14:25; Josh. 3:16; 8:14; 2 Sam. 2:29; 4:7 (in all these passages the A.V. has “plain”); Amos 6:14 (A.V. “wilderness”). This word is found in the Authorized Version only in Josh. 18:18. It denotes the hollow depression through which the Jordan flows from the Lake of Galilee to the Dead Sea. It is now called by the Arabs el-Ghor. But the Ghor is sometimes spoken of as extending 10 miles south of the Dead Sea, and thence to the Gulf of Akabah on the Red Sea is called the Wady el-Arabah.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.