King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6157
Transliteration: arob
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-robe')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: probably a swarm
Meaning: probably a swarm
Word Summary
arob: probably a swarm
Original Word: עָרֹבTransliteration: arob
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-robe')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: probably a swarm
Meaning: probably a swarm
Strong's Concordance
divers sorts of flies, swarm From arab; a mosquito (from its swarming) -- divers sorts of flies, swarm.
see HEBREW arab
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6157. arob
עָרֹב9 noun masculineExodus 8:20 probably swarm (mixture, from incessant, involved motion; LagBN 112 doubts); — of plague of stinging flies, coming in a swarm (see DiEx) 8:17 (twice in verse) + 5 t. 8(J), Psalm 78:45; 105:31.