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אַרְנוֹן H769
H769 is the Hebrew word אַרְנוֹן, transliterated ʼArnôwn and said ar-nohn'. The King James Version most often renders it arnon.
What it means
the Arnon, a river east of the Jordan, also its territory.
Where it comes from
or אַרְנֹןlemma אַרְנן missing vowel, corrected to אַרְנֹן; from H7442 (רָנַן); a brawling stream.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 21 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Arnon.
Verses using אַרְנוֹן
All 19 verses, quoted in full.
Numbers 21:13 · KJV
From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Numbers 21:24 · KJV
And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
Numbers 22:36 · KJV
And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.
Deuteronomy 2:24 · KJV
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
Deuteronomy 2:36 · KJV
From 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 3:8 · KJV
And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
Deuteronomy 3:12 · KJV
And 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 3:16 · KJV
And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
Deuteronomy 4:48 · KJV
From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
Joshua 12:1 · KJV
Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
Joshua 12:2 · KJV
Sihon 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 13:9 · KJV
From 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 13:16 · KJV
And 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;
Judges 11:13 · KJV
And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
Judges 11:18 · KJV
Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
Judges 11:22 · KJV
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
Judges 11:26 · KJV
While 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?
2 Kings 10:33 · KJV
From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
Jeremiah 48:20 · KJV
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
Common questions
What does Strong's H769 mean?
H769 is the Hebrew word אַרְנוֹן (ʼArnôwn), meaning the Arnon, a river east of the Jordan, also its territory.
How is H769 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it arnon (21 times).
How many times does H769 appear in the Bible?
אַרְנוֹן (ʼArnôwn) is tagged in 19 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H769 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or אַרְנֹןlemma אַרְנן missing vowel, corrected to אַרְנֹן; from H7442 (רָנַן); a brawling stream.
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