H6157 · עָרֹב
ʻârôb · aw-robe' · swarm, flies
H6157 (ʻârôb, pronounced aw-robe') is the Hebrew word עָרֹב in Strong’s dictionary: a mosquito (from its swarming). It appears 9 times in 7 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- עָרֹב (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- ʻârôb
- Pronunciation
- aw-robe'
- Derivation
- from H6148 (עָרַב);
- Definition
- a mosquito (from its swarming)
- Rendered in the KJV
- divers sorts of flies, swarm.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
9 occurrences in 7 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “swarms of flies” ×5
- “the swarms of flies” ×2
- “and insects” ×1
- “of flies” ×1
By book
Exodus 5 · Psalms 2
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H6157.