Strong’s H4628 · Hebrew

מַעֲרָב
maʻărâb
mah-ar-awb'

Definition

the west (as a region of the evening sun)

Etymology

or (feminine) מַעֲרָבָה; from H6150 (עָרַב), in the sense of shading;

Where the KJV renders it

  • west

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