עֲרוֹעֵר
aroer · desert shrub, destitute
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6176 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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aroer (עֲרוֹעֵר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “desert shrub, destitute”.
A bush of the desert; also someone destitute.
How to say it
a·ro·er
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
- A scrubby desert bush, perhaps a juniper.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 17:6
And he will be like a shrub in the steppe, and he will not see when good comes; and he will dwell in parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and uninhabited.
- Jeremiah 48:6
Flee! Save your lives, and be like a shrub in the wilderness!