Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H6177
עֲרֹעֵר
a.ro.er · “Aroer”
Used 16 times across 10 books
Definition
Aroer = "ruins"
a city in Ammon near the Jabbok belonging to Gad
Also named: a.ro.e.ri (עֲרֹעֵרִי "Aroerite" H6200)
a city in Ammon near the Jabbok belonging to Gad
Also named: a.ro.e.ri (עֲרֹעֵרִי "Aroerite" H6200)
Where it appears
Numbers1
Deuteronomy3
Joshua4
Judges2
1 Samuel1
2 Samuel1
2 Kings1
1 Chronicles1
Isaiah1
Jeremiah1
In the text
Numbers 32:34And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:Deuteronomy 3:12And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.Deuteronomy 4:48From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,Joshua 12:2Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;Joshua 13:9From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;Joshua 13:16And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;Joshua 13:25And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;Judges 11:26While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?Judges 11:33And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
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