Meaning of “Arab”
Arab — ambush, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:52), now Er-Rabiyeh. Arabah — 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 called by the Arabs el-Ghor. But the Ghor is sometimes spoken of as extending 10 miles south of the Dead Sea, and thence to the Gulf of Akabah on the Red Sea is called the Wady el-Arabah. Arabia — 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 from which the original inhabitants have never been expelled. It was anciently divided into three parts:, (1.) Arabia Felix (Happy Arabia), so called from its fertility. It embraced a large portion of the country now known by the name of Arabia. The Arabs call it Yemen. It lies between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. (2.) Arabia Deserta, the el-Badieh or "Great Wilderness" of the Arabs. From this name is derived that which is usually given to the nomadic tribes which wander over this region, the "Bedaween," or, more generally, "Bedouin," (3.) Arabia Petraea, i.e., the Rocky Arabia, so called from its rocky mountains and stony plains. It comprehended all the north-west portion of the country, and is much better known to travellers than any other portion. This country is, however, divided by modern geographers into (1) Arabia Proper, or the Arabian Peninsula; (2) Northern Arabia, or the Arabian Desert; and (3) Western Arabia, which includes the peninsula of Sinai and the Desert of Petra, originally inhabited by the Horites (Gen. 14:6, etc.), but in later times by the descendants of Esau, and known as the Land of Edom or Idumea, also as the Desert of Seir or Mount Seir. The whole land appears (Gen. 10) to have been inhabited by a variety of tribes of different lineage, Ishmaelites, Arabians, Idumeans, Horites, and Edomites; but at length becoming amalgamated, they came to be known by the general designation of Arabs. The modern nation of Arabs is predominantly Ishmaelite. Their language is the most developed and the richest of all the Semitic languages, and is of great value to the student of Hebrew. The Israelites wandered for forty years in Arabia. In the days of Solomon, and subsequently, commercial intercourse was to a considerable extent kept up with this country (1 Kings 10:15; 2 Chr. 9:14; 17:11). Arabians were present in Jerusalem at Pentecost (Acts 2:11). Paul retired for a season into Arabia after his conversion (Gal. 1:17). This country is frequently referred to by the prophets (Isa. 21:11; 42:11; Jer. 25:24, etc.) Barabbas — i.e., son of Abba or of a father, a notorious robber whom Pilate proposed to condemn to death instead of Jesus, whom he wished to release, in accordance with the Roman custom (John 18:40; Mark 15:7; Luke 23:19). But the Jews were so bent on the death of Jesus that they demanded that Barabbas should be pardoned (Matt. 27:16-26; Acts 3:14). This Pilate did. Beth-arabah — house of the desert, one of the six cities of Judah, situated in the sunk valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea (Josh. 18:22). In Josh. 15:61 it is said to have been "in the wilderness." It was afterwards included in the towns of Benjamin. It is called Arabah (Josh. 18:18). Parable — (Gr. parabole), a placing beside; a comparison; equivalent to the Heb. mashal, a similitude. In the Old Testament this is used to denote (1) a proverb (1 Sam. 10:12; 24:13; 2 Chr. 7:20), (2) a prophetic utterance (Num. 23:7; Ezek. 20:49), (3) an enigmatic saying (Ps. 78:2; Prov. 1:6). In the New Testament, (1) a proverb (Mark 7:17; Luke 4:23), (2) a typical emblem (Heb. 9:9; 11:19), (3) a similitude or allegory (Matt. 15:15; 24:32; Mark 3:23; Luke 5:36; 14:7); (4) ordinarily, in a more restricted sense, a comparison of earthly with heavenly things, "an earthly story with a heavenly meaning," as in the parables of our Lord. Instruction by parables has been in use from the earliest times. A large portion of our Lord's public teaching consisted of parables. He himself explains his reasons for this in his answer to the inquiry of the disciples, "Why speakest thou to them in parables?" (Matt. 13:13-15; Mark 4:11, 12; Luke 8:9, 10). He followed in so doing the rule of the divine procedures, as recorded in Matt. 13:13. The parables uttered by our Lord are all recorded in the synoptical (i.e., the first three) Gospels. The fourth Gospel contains no parable properly so called, although the illustration of the good shepherd (John 10:1-16) has all the essential features of a parable. (See List of Parables in Appendix.)
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Numbers Chapter 23 Verse 18 — And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: Numbers Chapter 23 Verse 7 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. Numbers Chapter 24 Verse 23 — And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this! Numbers Chapter 24 Verse 21 — And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. Numbers Chapter 24 Verse 20 — And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. Numbers Chapter 24 Verse 15 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: Numbers Chapter 24 Verse 3 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: Joshua Chapter 15 Verse 61 — In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, Joshua Chapter 15 Verse 52 — Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, Joshua Chapter 15 Verse 6 — And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: Joshua Chapter 18 Verse 22 — And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, Joshua Chapter 18 Verse 18 — And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah: 1 Kings Chapter 10 Verse 15 — Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffic of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. 2 Chronicles Chapter 9 Verse 14 — Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. 2 Chronicles Chapter 17 Verse 11 — Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. 2 Chronicles Chapter 21 Verse 16 — Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: 2 Chronicles Chapter 22 Verse 1 — And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 2 Chronicles Chapter 26 Verse 7 — And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims. Nehemiah Chapter 2 Verse 19 — But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? Nehemiah Chapter 4 Verse 7 — But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, Nehemiah Chapter 6 Verse 1 — Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates; Job Chapter 27 Verse 1 — Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, Job Chapter 29 Verse 1 — Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, Psalms Chapter 49 Verse 4 — I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. Psalms Chapter 78 Verse 2 — I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: Proverbs Chapter 26 Verse 9 — As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools. Proverbs Chapter 26 Verse 7 — The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. Isaiah Chapter 13 Verse 20 — It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. Isaiah Chapter 21 Verse 13 — The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. Jeremiah Chapter 3 Verse 2 — Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. Jeremiah Chapter 25 Verse 24 — And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, Lamentations Chapter 4 Verse 2 — The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! Ezekiel Chapter 17 Verse 2 — Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; Ezekiel Chapter 20 Verse 49 — Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? Ezekiel Chapter 24 Verse 3 — And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: Ezekiel Chapter 27 Verse 21 — Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants. Micah Chapter 2 Verse 4 — In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields. Habakkuk Chapter 2 Verse 6 — Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 53 — And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 36 — Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 35 — That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 34 — All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 33 — Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 31 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 24 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 18 — Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 13 — Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 10 — And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? Matthew Chapter 13 Verse 3 — And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; Matthew Chapter 15 Verse 15 — Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
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