Arabah
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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A city in the valley of the Dead Sea
Jos 15:6,61; 18:22
-Called ARABAH
Jos 18:18...
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(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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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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(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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And passed along toward the side over against Arabah
northward, and went down unto Arabah:...
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