1) swarm 1a) probable meaning from 'mixture' and 'incessant or involved motion'
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H6157 — עָרֹב
a.rov · swarm · Hebrew/Aramaic
7 tagged verse occurrences
Exodus 8:21 · הֶעָרֹ֑ב · הֶ֣עָרֹ֔בElse, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms [of flies] upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms [of flies], and also the ground whereon they [are].Exodus 8:22 · עָרֹ֑בAnd I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms [of flies] shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I [am] the LORD in the midst of the earth.Exodus 8:24 · עָרֹ֣ב · הֶעָרֹֽב׃And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm [of flies] into the house of Pharaoh, and [into] his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm [of flies].Exodus 8:29 · הֶעָרֹ֗בAnd Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms [of flies] may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.Exodus 8:31 · הֶעָרֹ֔בAnd the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms [of flies] from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.Psalm 78:45 · עָ֭רֹבHe sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.Psalm 105:31 · עָרֹ֑בHe spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, [and] lice in all their coasts.