Juniper
עֲרוֹעֵרStrong’s H6176aroer (a-ro-er)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aroer is the Hebrew word usually translated “like a bush” and “like a juniper bush”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.”
Meaning
- Naked, stripped, destitute
- Tree or bushprobably juniper or cypress
How it's translated
- like a bush 1
- like a juniper bush 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 2
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
עֲרוֹעֵר aroer · juniper
1) naked, stripped, destitute 2) tree or bush 2a) probably juniper or cypress
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “juniper” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
JU'NIPER, noun
[Latin juniperus.]
A tree or shrub bearing berries of a bluish color, of a warm, pungent, sweet taste, yielding when fresh, by expression, a rich, sweet, aromatic juice. They are useful carminatives and stomachics. The wood of the tree is of a reddish color, hard and durable, and is used in cabinet work and veneering. The oil of juniper mixed with that of nuts makes an excellent varnish; and the resin powdered is used under the name of pounce.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.