H699 אֲרֻבָּה (ʼărubbâh) ar-oob-baw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

window

Strong's Definition

a lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)

Derivation: feminine participle passive of H693 (אָרַב) (as if for lurking);

KJV Usage: chimney, window.

TWOT Reference: 156d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) lattice, window, sluice

2) (CLBL) chimney (lattice opening where smoke escapes)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2376 G3692

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אֲרֻבָּה (a.rub.bah) — window. 1) lattice, window, sluice 2) (CLBL) chimney (lattice opening where smoke escapes)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אֲרֻבָּה (H0699)

noun f · אֲרֻבֹּות

Buildings

opening, hole, socket, window, floodgate = opening in a wall

GEN 7:11 · GEN 8:2 · 2KI 7:2 · 2KI 7:19 · ECC 12:3 · ISA 24:18 · ISA 60:8 · HOS 13:3 · MAL 3:10

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֲרֻבָּה n.f. lattice, window, sluice base

Bible Occurrences (9)

7:11 8:2

7:2 7:19

12:3

24:18 60:8

13:3

3:10

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Genesis 8:2

The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

2 Kings 7:2

But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen? You will see [it] with your own eyes, replied [Elisha],... but you will not eat any of it.

2 Kings 7:19

And the officer had answered the man of God, Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen...? So Elisha had replied, You will see [it] with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!

Ecclesiastes 12:3

on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,

Isaiah 24:18

Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Isaiah 60:8

Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.