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# עֲרֹועֵר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6177

**Aroer** — used 16 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Aroer [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6177/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֲרֹעֵר: n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6177/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Αροηρ, MI26 ערער;— city on N. bank of Arnon, S. limit of E. Jordan Isr., עֲרֹעֵר Nu 32:34 (JE), Dt 2:36; 3:12; 4:48; Jos 12:2 (D) 2 K 10:33; 1 Ch 5:8; עֲרוֹעֵר Jos 13:9 (D), v 16 (P), 2 S 24:5; Moabitish Je 48:19 (cf. MI26); once עַרְעֹר Ju 11:26; mod. ʿArʿâir BuhlGeogr. 269, TristrMoab 129 ff. city near Rabbah in Ammon, עֲרֹעֵר Ju 11:33, עֲרוֹ׳ Jos 13:25 (P), site unknown. city in S. Judah, עֲרֹעֵר 1 S 30:28 (𝔊 Αροηρ + Αμμαδει, latter orig. according to We, indicating form ערערה; 𝔊L Ραγουηλ); + Jos 15:22 reading ע׳ (or עַרְעָרָה) for MT עַדְעָדָה, 𝔊B Αρουηλ, We 1 S 30, 28 (cf.Dr HPS), Diad loc. Benn Steuern; poss. ʿArʿâra c. 9 miles S. of E. from Beersheba, but cf. BuhlGeogr. 183.—Is 17:2 read עָרֶיהָ עֲדֵי עַד 𝔊 Lo LagSem. i. 30 Che BuhlLex al. (for MT עָרֵי עֲרֹעֵר).—Vid. also CheEncy. Bib. 317.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Aroer (14); of Aroer (2).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 17:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.17.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.17.2/#tree)

עֲזֻב֖וֹת עָרֵ֣י עֲרֹעֵ֑ר לַעֲדָרִ֣ים תִּֽהְיֶ֔ינָה וְרָבְצ֖וּ וְאֵ֥ין מַחֲרִֽיד׃

*Word for word:* \[will.be\].abandoned the.cities of.Aroer for flocks they.will.be and they.will.lie.down and there.\[will\].not.\[be\] \[one.who\].terrifies

*JPS 1917:* The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

[Numbers 32:34](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.32.34/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.32.34/#tree)

וַיִּבְנ֣וּ בְנֵי־גָ֔ד אֶת־דִּיבֹ֖ן וְאֶת־עֲטָרֹ֑ת וְאֵ֖ת עֲרֹעֵֽר׃

*Word for word:* and they.built the.descendants of.Gad (et) Dibon and (et) Ataroth and (et) Aroer

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer;

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6177/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).