Arabah

Very frequently the word 'arabah has a mere geographical sense. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Finally, the scene of Christ's temptation (Matt., iv, 1-11), of which St. Mark adds (i, 13): "He was with wild beasts", was most likely in the 'arabah to the west of the Jordan. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

It lies to the west of the 'arabah, the Jordan, and the Dead Sea. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Thus Is., xxxv, 1: "The land that was desolate [midbar] and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness [ 'arabah] shall rejoice"; cf. also Jer., xvii, 6, etc. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

While midbar denotes properly a pastoral region, arabah denotes a wilderness. ❋ M.G. Easton (1897)

The Oriental wagon, or arabah, is a vehicle composed of two or three planks fixed on two solid circular blocks of wood from two to five feet in diameter, which serve as wheels. ❋ Unknown (1884)

Beth-arabah -- "the house," or "place of solitude," in the desert of ❋ Unknown (1871)

There was an opening in the roof of this arabah, evidently for the convenience of accommodating within it a figure too high to be otherwise carried in the conveyance, for out of the opening appeared a white marble head of Grecian statuary. ❋ 1821-1893 A. L. O. E. (1857)

In the centre of the line was a gorgeous arabah, or covered cart with curtains, to which the troop of soldiers appeared to form an escort. ❋ 1821-1893 A. L. O. E. (1857)

Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: ❋ Anonymous (1833)

And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: 6 And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of ❋ Unknown (1721)

Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: 61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and ❋ Unknown (1721)

Heb. ` arabah, the valley from the Sea of Galilee southward to the Dead Sea (the "sea of the plain," 2 Kings 14: 25; Deut. ❋ M.G. Easton (1897)