King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6144
Transliteration: Ar
Phonetic Spelling: (awr)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a place in Moab
Meaning: Ar -- a place in Moab
Word Summary
Ar: a place in Moab
Original Word: עָרTransliteration: Ar
Phonetic Spelling: (awr)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a place in Moab
Meaning: Ar -- a place in Moab
Strong's Concordance
Ar, a place in MoabThe same as iyr; a city; Ar, a place in Moab -- Ar.
see HEBREW iyr
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6144. Ar
I. עָר proper name, of a location in Moab, south of Arnon (Ηρ Numbers 21:15, elsewhere chiefly Αροηρ); — ׳ע 21:15; Deuteronomy 2:9, 18, 29; מוֺאָד עָר Numbers 21:28; Isaiah 15:1; — usually interpreted as capital city (עָר = עִיר) of Moab (DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 398 compare Sabean ער fortified height, compare MordtmHim. Inschr. 29 HalÉt. Sab. 159 so Arabic , dialect of Yemen); BuhlGeogr.269 f. thinks name of district South of Arnon.