Lexical Definition
עֵרֶב ʻêreb (ay'-reb) Arabia H:N-M
or עֶרֶב ʻereb (eh'-reb); (1 Kings 10:15), (with the article [prefix), from עָרַב
Arabia, mingled people, mixed (multitude), woof.
- the web (or transverse threads of cloth)
- also a mixture, (or mongrel race)
1) woof
1a) as mixed, interwoven
1b) knitted material
2) mixture, mixed people, mixed company
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. עֵ֫רֶב noun masculineExod 12:38 mixture, mixed company; — heterogeneous body attached to a people; to Israel Exod 12:38 (E), Neh 13:3 to Egyptians Jer 25:20 (ᵑ9 joins to vJer 25:19, so Gie); to Chaldeans Jer 50:37 in Jer 25:24 strike out וְאֵת ֗֗֗ הָעֶרֶב as doublet (so Gie, compare ᵐ5); in 1Kgs 10:15 read עֲרָב (as || 2Chr 9:14, so Benz Kit and others); Ezek 30:5 read probably id. (Co).
II. עֵ֫רֶב noun [masculine] woof (as mixed, interwoven, with warp); — Lev 13:48 + 8t. 13 (all opposed to שְׁתִי warp), compare GFMPAOS 1889, clxxviii.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Exodus | 12:38 |
| Leviticus | 13:48 |
| 1 Kings | 10:15 |
| 2 Chronicles | 9:14 |
| Nehemiah | 13:3 |
| Jeremiah | 25:19 · 25:20 · 25:24 · 50:37 |
| Ezekiel | 30:5 |