6157 - arob

Strong's Concordance

Original word: עָרֹב
Transliteration: arob
Definition (short): swarms
Definition (full): probably a swarm

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from the same as ereb
Definition: probably a swarm
NASB Translation: swarm of flies (1), swarms (7), swarms of flies (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From arab; a mosquito (from its swarming) -- divers sorts of flies, swarm.

see HEBREW arab

KJV: Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
NASB: "For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of insects on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of insects, and also the ground on which they dwell.
KJV: And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
NASB: "But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are living, so that no swarms of insects will be there, in order that you may know that I, the LORD, am in the midst of the land.
KJV: And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
NASB: Then the LORD did so. And there came great swarms of insects into the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants and the land was laid waste because of the swarms of insects in all the land of Egypt.