HebrewH0769Noun

אַרְנוֹן

ar.non

23Occurrences
H0769Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the Arnon, a river east of the Jordan, also its territory

or אַרְנֹןlemma אַרְנן missing vowel, corrected to אַרְנֹן; from H7442 (רָנַן); a brawling stream;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Arnon = "rushing stream" a river and surrounding valley in south Palestine, forms the border between Moab and the Amorites

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

אַרְנוֹן appears 23 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
6
Numbers
6
Judges
4
Joshua
4
2 Kings
1
Isaiah
1
Jeremiah
1

Key Passages

2 Kings 10:33BSB

from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.

Deuteronomy 3:12BSB

So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.

Judges 11:13BSB

The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”

Jeremiah 48:20BSB

Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered.Wail and cry out!Declare by the Arnonthat Moab is destroyed.

Joshua 13:16BSB

The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,

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