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מַעֲרָב H4628
H4628 is the Hebrew word מַעֲרָב, transliterated maʻărâb and said mah-ar-awb'. The King James Version most often renders it west.
What it means
the west (as a region of the evening sun).
Where it comes from
or (feminine) מַעֲרָבָה; from H6150 (עָרַב), in the sense of shading.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 13 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: west.
Verses using מַעֲרָב
All 13 verses, quoted in full.
1 Chronicles 7:28 · KJV
And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
1 Chronicles 12:15 · KJV
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
1 Chronicles 26:16 · KJV
To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
1 Chronicles 26:18 · KJV
At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
1 Chronicles 26:30 · KJV
And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.
2 Chronicles 32:30 · KJV
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
2 Chronicles 33:14 · KJV
Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
Psalm 75:6 · KJV
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
Psalm 103:12 · KJV
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 107:3 · KJV
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
Isaiah 45:6 · KJV
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Isaiah 59:19 · KJV
So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
Daniel 8:5 · KJV
And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4628 mean?
H4628 is the Hebrew word מַעֲרָב (maʻărâb), meaning the west (as a region of the evening sun).
How is H4628 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it west (5 times), westward (3 times), west side (2 times), toward the west (1 time), lot came forth westward (1 time), among others.
How many times does H4628 appear in the Bible?
מַעֲרָב (maʻărâb) is tagged in 13 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4628 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or (feminine) מַעֲרָבָה; from H6150 (עָרַב), in the sense of shading.
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