Strong’s H6163 · Hebrew

עֲרָבִי
ʻĂrâbîy
ar-aw-bee'

Definition

an Arabian or inhabitant of Arab (i.e. Arabia)

Etymology

or עַרְבִי; patrial from H6152 (עֲרָב);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Arabian

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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