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עֲרֹעֵר

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Aroer

§ Aroer = "ruins" a city on the north bank of the river Arnon, the southern point of the territory of Sihon the king of the Amorites and later of Reuben; modern 'Arair'

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. עֲרֹעֵר₁₀, עֲרוֺעֵר₅, עַרְעֹר₁ proper name, of a location Αροηρ, MI²⁶ ערער; —

1. city on north bank of Arnon, southern limit of east Jordan Israel, עֲרֹעֵר Num 32:34 (JE), Deut 2:36; Deut 3:12; Deut 4:48; Josh 12:2 (D) 2Kgs 10:33; 1Chr 5:8 עֲרוֺעֵר Josh 13:9 (D), vJosh 13:16 (P), 2Sam 24:5 Moabitish Jer 48:19 (compare MI²⁶); once עַרְעֹר Judg 11:26 modern `Ar`âir Buhl Geogr. 269, Tristr^{Moab 129 ff.}

2. city near Rabbah in Ammon, עֲרֹעֵר Judg 11:33, ׳עֲרוֺ Josh 13:25 (P), site unknown.

3. city in southern Judah, עֲרֹעֵר 1Sam 30:28 (ᵐ5 Αροηρ + Αμμαδει, latter originally according to We, indicating form ערערה; ᵐ5^L Παγουηλ); + Josh 15:22 reading ׳ע (or עַרְעָרָה) for ᵑ0 עַדְעָרָה, ᵐ5^B Αρουηλ, We^{1Sam 30:28} (compare Dr HPS), Di^{on the passage} Benn Steuern; possibly `Ar`âra approximately 9 miles south of east from Beersheba, but compare Buhl^{Geogr. 183. — Isa 17:2} read עָרֶיהָ עֲדֵי עַד ᵐ5 Lo Lag^{Semitic i. 30} Che Buhl^Lex and others (for ᵑ0 עָרֵי עֲרֹעֵר). — See also Che^{Ency. Bib. 317}.

9 occurrences

Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (3), Judges (1), II Kings (1), Jeremiah (1)