Strong's Lexicon

H699

H699 — אֲרֻבָּה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

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Hebrewarubbahnoun femOccurrences: 9TWOT: 156d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H699
Word:אֲרֻבָּה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine participle passive of H693 (as if for lurking)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:9
Transliteration:arubbah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ar-oob-baw'
Meaning:1. a lattice 2. (by implication) a window, dove-cot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)
KJV Renderings:chimney, window.

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אֲרֻבָּה noun feminine lattice, window, sluice (Mishna id.) — ׳ א Hos 13:3 plural אֲרֻבּוֺת 2Kgs 7:2 +, construct id.. Mal 3:10 אֲרֻבֹּת Gen 7:11; Gen 8:2 אֲרֻבֹּתֵיהֶם Isa 60:8 — lattice, latticed opening, where smoke escaped Hos 13:3 openings of dove-cote Isa 60:8 metaphor of eyes Eccl 12:3 (as latticed by lashes ? Hi Now; only here of opening to look through); elsewhere of sluices in sky, opened by ׳ י, through which rain pours destructively, הַשָּׁמַיִם ׳ א Gen 7:11; Gen 8:2, compare Isa 24:18 ( מִמָּרוֺם ׳ מ); but also fertilizing 2Kgs 7:2; 2Kgs 7:19 (בשׁמים ׳ א); figurative of blessing Mal 3:10 (השׁמים ׳ א).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ארבה (aroob-bah’)

Genesis 7:11

KJV: In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.windows: or, floodgates
EHCC: and the windows (marg. floodgates) of

Genesis 8:2

KJV: The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
EHCC: and the windows of heaven were stopped,

2 Kings 7:2

KJV: Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.a lord…: Heb. a lord which belonged to the king leaning upon his hand
EHCC: (if) the Lord would make windows in

Ecclesiastes 12:3

KJV: In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,the grinders…: or, the grinders fail, because they grind little
EHCC: those that look out of the windows

Isaiah 24:18

KJV: And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
EHCC: for the windows from on high

Isaiah 60:8

KJV: Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
EHCC: as the doves to their windows 7

Hosea 13:3

KJV: Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
EHCC: as the smoke out of the chimney.

Malachi 3:10

KJV: Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.pour…: Heb. empty out
EHCC: open you the windows of heaven,

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