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 you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.Exodus 8:22 · עָרֹ֑בI will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am Yahweh in the midst of the earth.Exodus 8:24 · עָרֹ֣ב · הֶעָרֹֽב׃Yahweh did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.Exodus 8:29 · הֶעָרֹ֗בMoses said, “Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don’t let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh.”Exodus 8:31 · הֶעָרֹ֔בYahweh 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 among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.Psalm 105:31 · עָרֹ֑בHe spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.