Meaning of “arabah”

1. 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.

2. 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).

2 results from Easton's Bible Dictionary

You may wish to look at these similar words...
Arab Arabah Arabia Arba

Bible Search for “arabah”

1. Joshua Chapter 15 Verse 61 — In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,

2. 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:

3. Joshua Chapter 18 Verse 22 — And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

4. Joshua Chapter 18 Verse 18 — And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:

4 results from Bible Search