עָרֵב
arev · be pleasing
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6149 · appears 7 times in the Bible
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arev (עָרֵב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be pleasing”.
To be pleasant or pleasing; to be sweet to someone. It is said of sleep, of an offering or of words that please.
How to say it
a·rev
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
- To be welcome, delightful.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- pleasing ×4
- sweet ×3
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 104:34
May my meditation be pleasing to him; I will rejoice in YHWH.
- Proverbs 3:24
If you lie down, you will not be in dread; and you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
- Proverbs 13:19
Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but an abomination to the senseless is turning away from evil.
- Jeremiah 6:20
What use to me is frankincense that comes from Sheba, or the good cane from a land far away? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.”
- Jeremiah 31:26
At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was sweet to me.
- Ezekiel 16:37
therefore, look, I am gathering all your lovers to whom you were pleasing, and all whom you loved, with all whom you hated; and I will gather them against you from all around, and uncover your nakedness to them, and they will see all your nakedness.
- Malachi 3:4
And the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to YHWH as in the days of old and as in former years.