arov · swarms (of insects)

What it means

arov (עָרֹב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “swarms (of insects)”.

Swarm of insects, probably biting flies; the exact sense is uncertain.

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.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A cloud of insects, a plague of Egypt.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Exodus×7
• Psalms×2

• Exodus 8:21

  For if you do not let my people go, look, I am going to send on you, on your servants, on your people, and into your houses the swarms of flies; and the houses of the Egyptians will be filled with the swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.

• Exodus 8:22

  But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people live, so that there will be no swarms of flies there, that you may know that I am YHWH in the midst of the land.

• Exodus 8:24

  YHWH did so; heavy swarms of flies came into the house of Pharaoh and the house of his servants, and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.

• Exodus 8:29

  Moses said, “Look, I am going out from you, and I will pray to YHWH, and the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow. Only let Pharaoh not again deal deceitfully by not letting the people go to sacrifice to YHWH.”

• Exodus 8:31

  YHWH did according to the word of Moses, and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; not one remained.

• Psalms 78:45

  He sent among them swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that destroyed them.

• Psalms 105:31

  He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, gnats in all their territory.

And 2 more times.