Arabia
a-ra'-bi-a (`arabh, Arabia):
I. Name and Situation.
1. Name:
The Hebrew word `arabh always denotes, strictly speaking,
not the country, but the people of Arabia taken
collectively, and especially the nomadic Arabs. The name of
the country does not occur in the Old Testament, but in the
New Testament it is used to denote the Syrian desert or the...
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Tribute to Solomon
2Ch 9:14
-Tribute to Jehoshaphat
2Ch 17:11
-Exports of
Eze 27:21
-Prophecies against
Isa 21:13; Jer 25:24
-Paul visits
Ga 1:17...
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desert, barren), a country known in the Old Testament under
two designations:--
1. The East Country, Ge 25:6 or perhaps the East,
(Ge 10:30; Nu 23:7; Isa 2:6 and Land of the Sons of the
East, Ge 29:1 Gentile name, Sons of the East, Jud 6:3; 7:12;
1Ki 4:30; Job 1:3; Isa 11:14; Jer 49:28; Eze 25:4 From these
passages it appears that Land of the...
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arid, an extensive region in the south-west of Asia. It is
bounded on the west by the Isthmus of Suez and the
Red Sea, on
the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the east by
the Persian
Gulf and the Euphrates. It extends far into the
north in barren
deserts, meeting those of Syria and Mesopotamia. It
is one of
the few countries of the world ...
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(Arabia arid tract). The Arabah, originally restricted to
one wady, came to be applied to all Arabia. (See ARABAH.)
Bounded on the N. by Israel and Syria, E. by the
Euphrates and the Persian Gulf, S. by the Arabian Sea and
strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, W. by the Red Sea and Egypt. 1700
miles long by 1400 broad. Designated Genesis 25:6 "the east
co...
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And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled
people that dwell in the desert,...
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Beside [that which] chapmen and merchants brought. And all the
kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and
silver to Solomon....
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Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee
in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these [were they] thy
merchants....
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Beside [that he had] of the merchantmen, and of the traffick
of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of
the governors of the country....
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