עָרַב
arav · grow dark
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6150 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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arav (עָרַב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “grow dark”.
Grow dusky: the day falls and it becomes dark.
How to say it
a·rav
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The day declining and the light fading.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- evening ×2
- has grown dark ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Judges 19:9
And the man arose to go, he and his concubine and his young man; but his father-in-law, the father of the young woman, said to him, “Look, please, the day has waned toward evening; spend the night, please. Look, the day is ending; spend the night here, and let your heart be merry; and tomorrow you can rise early for your journey and go to your tent.”
- 1 Samuel 17:16
The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
- Isaiah 24:11
An outcry over the wine in the streets; all joy has grown dark; the rejoicing of the earth has gone into exile.