עֲרֹעֵר
a.ro.er
Aroer
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe word "a.ro.er" (H6177G) is a proper name, specifically referring to a person. It appears six times in the Hebrew Bible, indicating a recurring mention of this individual. Given its classification as a proper name, "a.ro(er" likely designates a distinctive personal identity. Without further context, it's challenging to discern the individual's characteristics or actions. However, the fact that it's mentioned multiple times in the text suggests that this person holds importance to the narrative. This proper name's purpose likely serves to identify the person in question among others, drawing attention to their role or relationship within the story.
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Occurrences in Scripture
6 total occurrences across the text
The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.
Numbers 32:34The children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
Joshua 13:25Their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer that is near Rabbah;
Judges 11:33He struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
2 Samuel 24:5They passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer;
1 Chronicles 5:8and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon;