Arnon — the meaning of the Hebrew name אַרְנוֹן

אַרְנוֹן

ʼArnôwn · pronounced ar-nohn' · Strong's H769 · a place

Arnon means a brawling stream.

Built from

רָנַן rânan (from, H7442) — properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or אַרְנֹןlemma אַרְנן missing vowel, corrected to אַרְנֹן; from H7442; a brawling stream; the Arnon, a river east of the Jordan, also its territory.

First appearance

Num 21:13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. (KJV)

Every verse that names Arnon

23 occurrences in 23 verses — Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, 2 Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah

Num 21:13Num 21:14Num 21:24Num 21:26Num 21:28Num 22:36Deut 2:24Deut 2:36Deut 3:8Deut 3:12Deut 3:16Deut 4:48Josh 12:1Josh 12:2Josh 13:9Josh 13:16Judg 11:13Judg 11:18Judg 11:22Judg 11:262Kgs 10:33Isa 16:2Jer 48:20

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