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Arabah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ar'-a-ba, a-ra'-ba ha-`arabhah, "the Arabah"): This word indicates in general a barren district, but is specifically applied in whole or in part to the depression of the Jordan valley, extending from Mount Hermon to the Gulf of Akabah. In the King James Version it is transliterated only once (Josh 18:18) describing the border of Benjamin. Else...

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Arabah in Naves Topical Bible

A city in the valley of the Dead Sea Jos 15:6,61; 18:22 -Called ARABAH Jos 18:18...

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Arabah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(burnt up). Although this word appears in the Authorized Version in its original shape only in Jos 18:18 yet in the Hebrew text it is of frequent occurrence. It indicates more particularly the deep-sunken valley or trench which forms the most striking among the many striking natural features of Israel, and which extends with great uniformity o...

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Arabah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

plain, in the Revised Version of 2 Kings 14:25; Josh. 3:16; 8:14; 2 Sam. 2:29; 4:7 (in all these passages the A.V. has "plain"); Amos 6:14 (A.V. "wilderness"). This word is found in the Authorized Version only in Josh. 18:18. It denotes the hollow depression through which the Jordan flows from the Lake of Galilee to the Dead Sea. It is now...

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Arabah Scripture - Joshua 18:18

And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:...

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Arabah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(Joshua 18:18) ("the plain", is akin to "Arabia".) The article in Hebrew marks it as some definite spot, namely, the deep sunken gorge extending from mount Hermon to the Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea; the most extraordinary depression on the earth. The Jordan rushes for 150 miles through its northern part (el Ghor) by lakes Huleh and Gennesare...

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