TRV
עָרַב
How the KJV Renders It
TranslationStrong’s lists the renderings but not their weight. These are counted from the King James text of the tagged verses — the bar under each is how often the translators actually reached for it. Select one to filter the occurrences below.
Grammatical Forms
MorphologyIn the Hebrew Old Testament, this word appears as a verb across 23 occurrences, inflected in 14 grammatical forms — each row is one form, and the bar is how often it is that form. Select any form to read what each part of its name means, and to filter the occurrence list to it.
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עָרַב
- Qal
- The simple, basic stem — plain action in the active voice.
- Perfect
- A completed act whose results continue.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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הִתְעָרֶב
- Hithpael
- Reflexive-intensive — the subject acts upon itself.
- Imperative
- A command or entreaty.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Singular
- One.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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תִתְעָרָב
- Hithpael
- Reflexive-intensive — the subject acts upon itself.
- Imperfect
- Ongoing or repeated action in the past — "was doing".
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Singular
- One.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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עָרְבֵ
- Qal
- The simple, basic stem — plain action in the active voice.
- Imperative
- A command or entreaty.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Singular
- One.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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עֲרֹב
- Qal
- The simple, basic stem — plain action in the active voice.
- Infinitive
- The verb as a noun — "to do".
- Construct
- Bound to a following noun — "the X of…".
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עֹרְבִים
- Qal
- The simple, basic stem — plain action in the active voice.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Plural
- More than one.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun (not bound to another).
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יִּתְעָרְבוּ
- Hithpael
- Reflexive-intensive — the subject acts upon itself.
- Consecutive Imperfect
- Imperfect with vav — carries narrative forward ("and he…").
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Plural
- More than one.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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הִתְעָרְבוּ
- Hithpael
- Reflexive-intensive — the subject acts upon itself.
- Consecutive Perfect
- Perfect with vav — continues a sequence into the future.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Plural
- More than one.
- common gender
- Either gender — the form does not distinguish.
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יִתְעָרַב
- Hithpael
- Reflexive-intensive — the subject acts upon itself.
- Imperfect
- Ongoing or repeated action in the past — "was doing".
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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אֶעֶרְבֶ
- Qal
- The simple, basic stem — plain action in the active voice.
- Imperfect
- Ongoing or repeated action in the past — "was doing".
- 1st
- First person — the speaker ("I"/"we").
- Singular
- One.
- common gender
- Either gender — the form does not distinguish.
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יֶעֶרְבוּ
- Qal
- The simple, basic stem — plain action in the active voice.
- Imperfect
- Ongoing or repeated action in the past — "was doing".
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Plural
- More than one.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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עֹרְבֵי
- Qal
- The simple, basic stem — plain action in the active voice.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Plural
- More than one.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
- Construct
- Bound to a following noun — "the X of…".
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עֹרֵב
- Qal
- The simple, basic stem — plain action in the active voice.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Singular
- One.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun (not bound to another).
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עָרַבְתָּ
- Qal
- The simple, basic stem — plain action in the active voice.
- Perfect
- A completed act whose results continue.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Singular
- One.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
Biblical Distribution
DistributionAppears in 22 verses across 10 of the 39 books. Most frequent in Proverbs (9 verses); never once in the other 29.
Every Occurrence
ConcordanceEvery verse where the word is tagged in the King James text. Filter by book, by the English word the translators chose, by grammatical form, or search within the verses.
Sources. Definition and numbering: James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890). Morphology: STEPBible / Tyndale House (CC BY). Verse tagging: the King James text keyed to Strong’s numbers. Every count on this page is computed from the tagged corpus, not estimated.