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Arab

אֲרָב/AY-rab/

“Ambush”

Summary

A city in the mountainous district of Judah, probably in the neighborhood of Hebron.

☩Location

Arab was a city in the hill country of Judah, mentioned in a list of cities in the mountainous region near Hebron. The name means 'ambush' in Hebrew. English engineers found a very ancient site called Kirbet el-Arabiyeh, east of Hebron (about three and a quarter miles away), marked by wells and cisterns, which may be the biblical Arab. The site is identified by some scholars with er-Rabiyeh, south of Hebron.

Key verses:Joshua 15:52

Related Verses1 mention

Joshua· 1 verse

15:52

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Arab," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.James Orr (ed.), "Arab," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. I (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
  3. 3.George Morrish, "Arab," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).