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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