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MEADOW

med'-o: (1) `aroth, "the meadows (the King James Version "paper reeds") by the Nile" (Isa 19:7); ma`areh-gabha`, the King James Version "meadows of Gibeah," the Revised Version (British and American) "Maareh-geba," the Revised Version margin "the meadow of Geba, or Gibeah" (Jdg 20:33); from `arah, "to be naked"; compare Arabic ariya, "to be naked," `ara'a', "a bare tract of land." `Aroth and ma`areh signify tracts bare of trees. (2) 'achu, in Pharaoh's dream of the kine, the King James Version "meadow," the Revised Version (British and American) "reed grass" (Gen 41:2,18). 'Achu is found also in Job 8:11, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "flag," the Revised Version margin "reed-grass." According to Gesenius, achu is an Egyptian word denoting the vegetation of marshy ground. (3) 'abhel keramim, "Abel-cheramim," the Revised Version margin "The meadow of vineyards," the King James Version "the plain (the King James Version margin, "Abel") of the vineyards" (Jdg 11:33); "Abel-beth-maacah" (1 Ki 15:20; 2 Ki 15:29; compare 2 Sam 20:14,15,18); "Abel-shittim" (Nu 33:49; compare 25:1; Josh 2:1; 3:1; Jdg 7:22; Joel 3:18; Mic 6:5); "Abel-meholah" (Jdg 7:22; 1 Ki 4:12; 19:16); "Abel-maim" (2 Ch 16:4); "Abel-mizraim" (Gen 50:11); "stone," the King James Version "Abel," the Revised Version margin "Abel," that is "a meadow" (1 Sam 6:18); compare Arabic 'abal, "green grass," and 'abalat, "unhealthy marshy ground," from wabal, "to rain."
Alfred Ely Day Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'meadow'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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