Strong H6149עָרַב

to please

Transliteration: ‛ârêb
Pronunciation: aw-rabe'
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root (rather identical with H6148 through the idea of close association); to be agreeable: - be pleasant ({-ing}) take pleasure {in} be sweet.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: to please

Exact lexical definition: be sweet

Part of speech: verb

BDB context: [ עָרַב ] vb . be sweet , pleasant

In the Bible

Strong H6149 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

be5
pleasing1
pleasure1
sweet1

First verses

Psalms 104:34
My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.
Proverbs 3:24
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Proverbs 13:19
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Jeremiah 6:20
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
Jeremiah 31:26
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Ezekiel 16:37
Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
Hosea 9:4
They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the Lord.
Malachi 3:4
Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

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