Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H6149: עָרֵב

ʻârêb · pronounced aw-rabe' · “to please”

Definition

to be agreeable

KJV translates it as: be pleasant(-ing), take pleasure in, be sweet.

Word origin: a primitive root (rather identical with H6148 (עָרַב) through the idea of close association);

Extended definition

1) (Qal) to be pleasant, be sweet, be pleasing
1a) (TWOT) sweet, pleasant

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H6149 is translated

  • it will be pleasing ×2
  • may it be pleasing ×1
  • it is pleasing ×1
  • they are pleasing ×1
  • it was pleasing ×1
  • you were pleasing ×1
  • they will be pleasing ×1

Bible verses with H6149 (ʻârêb)

ʻârêb appears in 8 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.

Words derived from H6149