Plain
עֲרָבָהStrong’s H6160aravah (a-ra-vah)
Appears in 57 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aravah is the Hebrew word usually translated “arabah”, “plains of” and “desert plain”. It appears in 57 verses of the Old Testament.
“All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.”
Meaning
- § desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness
- § desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness
How it's translated
- the arabah 15
- in plains of 12
- in the desert plain 6
- in the arabah 3
- desert plain 3
- plains of 2
- and the arabah 2
- in desert plains of 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 11
- Numbers 9
- Jeremiah 9
- Deuteronomy 8
- Isaiah 6
- 2 Samuel 4
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 22:1And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
- Numbers 26:3And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
- Numbers 26:63These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
- Numbers 31:12And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
- Numbers 33:48And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
- Numbers 33:49And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.
All 57 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
עֲרָבָה aravah · Arabah
§ desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness
עֲרָבָה aravah · plain
§ desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.