HebrewH6144Noun

עָר

ar

6Occurrences
H6144Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ar, a place in Moab

the same as H5892 (עִיר); a city;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Ar = "a city" a city of Moab located south of the Arnon river; perhaps the capital

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

עָר appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
3
Numbers
2
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 2:9BSB

Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

Deuteronomy 2:18BSB

“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

Deuteronomy 2:29BSB

just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”

Isaiah 15:1BSB

This is the burden against Moab:Ar in Moab is ruined,destroyed in a night!Kir in Moab is devastated,destroyed in a night!

Numbers 21:15BSB

even the slopes of the wadisthat extend to the site of Arand lie along the border of Moab.”

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