Lexical Definition

‎עֲרוֹעֵר‎ ʻĂrôwʻêr (ar-o-ayr') Aroer ^N:N--L
or עֲרֹעֵר ʻĂrôʻêr (ar-o-ayr'); or עַרְעוֹר ʻArʻôwr (ar-ore'); the same as ‎עֲרוֹעֵר‎; nudity of situation

Aroer.

• § Aroer = "ruins"
• Aroer, the name of three places in or near Palestine

1) a city on the north bank of the river Arnon, the southern point of the territory of Sihon the king of the Amorites and later of Reuben; modern 'Arair'
2) a city in Ammon near the Jabbok belonging to Gad
3) a town in southern Judah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎עֲרֹעֵר‎₁₀, ‎עֲרוֺעֵר‎₅, ‎עַרְעֹר‎₁ proper name, of a location Αροηρ, MI²⁶ ‎ערער‎; —

1. city on north bank of Arnon, southern limit of east Jordan Israel, ‎עֲרֹעֵר‎ Num 32:34 (JE), Deut 2:36; Deut 3:12; Deut 4:48; Josh 12:2 (D) 2Kgs 10:33; 1Chr 5:8 ‎עֲרוֺעֵר‎ Josh 13:9 (D), vJosh 13:16 (P), 2Sam 24:5 Moabitish Jer 48:19 (compare MI²⁶); once ‎עַרְעֹר‎ Judg 11:26 modern `Ar`âir Buhl Geogr. 269, Tristr^{Moab 129 ff.}

2. city near Rabbah in Ammon, ‎עֲרֹעֵר‎ Judg 11:33, ‎׳‎‎עֲרוֺ‎ Josh 13:25 (P), site unknown.

3. city in southern Judah, ‎עֲרֹעֵר‎ 1Sam 30:28 (ᵐ5 Αροηρ + Αμμαδει, latter originally according to We, indicating form ‎ערערה‎; ᵐ5^L Παγουηλ); + Josh 15:22 reading ‎׳‎‎ע‎ (or ‎עַרְעָרָה‎) for ᵑ0 ‎עַדְעָרָה‎, ᵐ5^B Αρουηλ, We^{1Sam 30:28} (compare Dr HPS), Di^{on the passage} Benn Steuern; possibly `Ar`âra approximately 9 miles south of east from Beersheba, but compare Buhl^{Geogr. 183. — Isa 17:2} read ‎עָרֶיהָ עֲדֵי עַד‎ ᵐ5 Lo Lag^{Semitic i. 30} Che Buhl^Lex and others (for ᵑ0 ‎עָרֵי עֲרֹעֵר‎). — See also Che^{Ency. Bib. 317}.

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