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Strong's #6155 - עֲרָבָה
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1) poplar, willow
1a) a tree characterised by dark wood
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2907) brg (גהרב GhRB) AC: Dark CO: Raven AB: ?: [from: bg]
V) brg (גהרב GhRB) - Dark: To be dark as the evening sky. KJV (3): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) evening, darkened - Strongs: H6150 (עָרַב)
Nm) brg (גהרב GhRB) - I. Dark:The dark of the evening or dark skinned people. II. Willow:From its shade and dark covering. KJV (142): even, evening, night, mingled, people, eventide, arabia, day - Strongs: H6153 (עֶרֶב), H6155 (עֲרָבָה)
Nf1) ebrg (גהרבה GhRBH) - Desert: As a dark place. KJV (61): plain, desert, wilderness, arbah, champaign, evening, heaven - Strongs: H6160 (עֲרָבָה)
gm) brfg (גהורב GhWRB) - Raven: As black in color. KJV (10): raven - Strongs: H6158 (עוֹרֵב)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
We in De Gn (4), 568 Kersten ZPV ii. 209 De Is (4) 44,4 Löw p. 300 Anm.; Late Hebrew עֲרָבָה √ obscure); — plural absolute עֲרָבִים עַליִֿבְלֵימָֿ֑יִם Isaiah 44:4, compare Psalm 137:2; construct עַרְבֵינָֿ֑חַל Leviticus 23:40 (H), Job 40:22; נַחַלהָֿעֲרָבִים Isaiah 15:7 (a wady in Moab; identification dubious, see conjectures in Buhl Geogr. 124).
עֲרָבָה f. an arid, sterile region, a desert (see the root No. IV), Job 24:5; Isaiah 33:9, 35:1 51:3 Jeremiah 50:12, 51:43. With the art., הָעֲרָבָה is that low region into which the valley of the Jordan (الغور) runs near Jericho, and which extends as far as the Ælanitic gulf, Deuteronomy 1:1, 2:8 Joshua 12:1; 2 Samuel 4:7; 2 Kings 25:4 in which are the Dead Sea (hence called יָם הָעֲרָבָה the sea of the desert, Deuteronomy 4:49; Joshua 3:16, 12:3 2 Kings 14:25) and the brook Kedron, or נַחַל הָעֲרָבָה the stream of the desert, Amos 6:14 comp. 2 Kings 14:25, also עַרְבוֹת יְרֵחוֹ the plains of Jericho, Joshua 5:10; 2 Kings 25:5 and עַרְבוֹת מוֹאָב, see מוֹאָב.
(2) pr.n. of a town in the tribe of Benjamin, fully called בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה; see בַּיִת, letter kk.
