Quick Definition
to please
Strong's Definition
to be agreeable
Derivation: a primitive root (rather identical with H6148 (עָרַב) through the idea of close association);
KJV Usage: be pleasant(-ing), take pleasure in, be sweet.
TWOT Reference: 1687a
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָרַב (a.rev) — to please. 1) (Qal) to be pleasant, be sweet, be pleasing 1a) (TWOT) sweet, pleasant
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַעֲרָב · עֲרֻבָּה · עֵרָבֹון · תַּעֲרוּבָה
Bear | verb qal | ≈ תקע
to pledge, to promise, to put up security = action by which humans or deities take responsibility for someone else, taking upon themselves that person's obligations or vouching for that person's security
GEN 43:9 · GEN 44:32 · JOB 17:3 · PSA 119:122 · PRO 6:1 · PRO 11:15 · PRO 17:18 · PRO 20:16 · PRO 22:26 · PRO 27:13 · ISA 38:14
Confident | verb qal
Collocation: ערב לֵב
to dare literally: to pledge the heart; hence: = action by which humans agree to perform an event that is considered dangerous and perhaps foolish, as if they had to set aside their heart's desire
Exchange | verb qal
Collocation: ערב מַעֲרָב
to deal, to trade, to barter, to do business = action by which persons or groups engage in the exchange of merchandise or services, as in the business of buying and selling
Non-Possess | verb qal
to mortgage, to pawn = action by which humans pledge property as security for a debt
verb · עֵרֶב · עָרֹב
Mixed | verb pa, verb hitpa'al
to be mixed = state in which different substances are combined to form a single mass
Associate | verb hit, verb hitpa'al
to mix, to mingle = action by which humans join in or associate other humans; used to describe the combinations of different groups of peoples, suggesting social and religious confusion
EZR 9:2 · PSA 106:35 · PRO 20:19 · PRO 24:21 · DAN 2:43
Engage | verb hit
to share = action by which a person experiences an event with another participant or other participants
verb · עָרֵב
verb · עֶרֶב
Time | verb qal
to become evening = process by which day comes to end, becoming late afternoon and evening; associated especially with the fading of daylight towards night
Complete | verb qal
to grow dark, to fade > to end literally: to grow dark, become evening; hence = process by which an event comes to an end ◄ as the day comes to an end when daylight fades
Happen | verb hif | ≈ שׁכם
to do at evening = action which is performed late in the day or in the evening
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָרַב] vb. be sweet, pleasant base