Strong’s H6156 · Hebrew

עָרֵב
ʻârêb
aw-rabe'

Definition

pleasant

Etymology

from H6149 (עָרֵב);

Where the KJV renders it

  • sweet

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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