Biblical Persons & Places
Arabia
Arabia
A person from a location first mentioned at 2Sa.23.35;
referred to as Arabia (KJV, NIV= Arabia) (עֲרָב), or Arabia (עֲרַב), or Arabia (עֵ֫רֶב), or Arabian or Arab (עַרְבִי), or Arab (עֲרָבִי), or Arbite (אַרְבִּי), or Arabia (Ἀραβία), or Arabian (Ἄραψ).
Strong's Definition
Arab (i.e. Arabia), a country East of Palestine
Derivation: or עֲרַב; from H6150 (עָרַב) in the figurative sense of sterility;
KJV Usage: Arabia.
TWOT Reference: 1688a,c
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) steppe-dwellers
1a) the people inhabiting the country east and south of Canaan, the nomadic desert Bedouins
1b) Arabians, Arabs
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֲרַב (a.rav) — Arabia. Arabia, desert-plateau, steppe Another spelling of a.rav (עֲרָב "Arabia" H6152B)
עֲרָב (a.rav) — Arabia.
the country east and south of Canaan, the nomadic desert Bedouins This name means steppe-dwellers
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֲרַב n.[m.] desert-plateau, steppe base
עֲרָב n.pr.gent.coll. steppe-dwellers of N. Arabia base