aroer · Aroer

What it means

aroer (עֲרוֹעֵר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Aroer”.

A city east of the Jordan, by the river Arnon; other places bear the name.

How to say it

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.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Numbers×1
• Deuteronomy×3
• Joshua×4
• Judges×2
• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• 2 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×1

• Numbers 32:34

  The sons of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

• Deuteronomy 2:36

  From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon, and the city that is in the wadi, as far as Gilead, there was not a town that was too high for us; YHWH our Elohim delivered all of them before us.

• Deuteronomy 3:12

  This land we took possession of at that time. From Aroer, which is by the Wadi Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead and its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

• Deuteronomy 4:48

  from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon, as far as Mount Siyon, that is, Hermon,

• Joshua 12:2

  Sihon king of the Amorite, who lived in Heshbon, ruling from Aroer, which is on the edge of the brook Arnon, and the middle of the brook, and half of Gilead, as far as the brook Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;

• Joshua 13:9

  from Aroer, which is on the bank of the brook Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the brook, and all the plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon;

• Joshua 13:16

  And their territory was from Aroer, which is on the bank of the brook Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the brook, and all the plateau by Medeba;

• Joshua 13:25

  And their territory was Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the sons of Ammon, as far as Aroer, which is east of Rabbah;

• Judges 11:26

  While Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are along the Arnon, three hundred years, why did you not recover them at that time?

• Judges 11:33

  He struck them from Aroer to the approach of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim, with a very great blow. So the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons of Israel.

• 1 Samuel 30:28

  to those in Aroer, to those in Siphmoth, to those in Eshtemoa,

• 2 Samuel 24:5

  They crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer, south of the city that is in the middle of the wadi of Gad, and toward Jazer.

• 2 Kings 10:33

  from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the wadi Arnon, both Gilead and Bashan.

• 1 Chronicles 5:8

  and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel; he lived in Aroer, and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.

• Isaiah 17:2

  The cities of Aroer are abandoned; they will be for flocks, and they will lie down with no one to make them afraid.

• Jeremiah 48:19

  By the road stand and watch, you who dwell in Aroer; ask the man who flees and the woman who escapes, say, “What has happened?”