Aroer, the Glossary
Aroer (עֲרוֹעֵר, עֲרֹעֵר) is the name of two biblical cities in the Transjordan, in what is today the Kingdom of Jordan.[1]
Table of Contents
23 relations: 'Ara'ir, American Center of Research, Ammon, Amorites, Aram-Damascus, Book of Isaiah, Book of Joshua, Dead Sea, Eusebius, Hazael, Henry Baker Tristram, Israelites, Jordan, Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), Mesha Stele, Moab, Prophecy, Reuben (son of Jacob), Septuagint, Sihon, Transjordan in the Bible, Tribe of Gad, Wadi Mujib.
- Moab
- Torah cities
'Ara'ir
'Ara'ir (عراعير) is a town in the Madaba Governorate of north-western Jordan, thought to be the biblical town of Aroer.
American Center of Research
The American Center of Research (ACOR) is a private, not-for-profit scholarly and educational organization.
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Ammon
Ammon (Ammonite: 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ʻAmān; עַמּוֹן; ʻAmmūn) was an ancient Semitic-speaking kingdom occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan.
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Amorites
The Amorites (author-link, Pl. XXVIII e+i|MAR.TU; Amurrūm or Tidnum Tidnum; ʾĔmōrī; Ἀμορραῖοι) were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking Bronze Age people from the Levant.
Aram-Damascus
The Kingdom of Aram-Damascus (ܐܪܡ-ܕܪܡܣܘܩ) was an Aramean polity that existed from the late-12th century BCE until 732 BCE, and was centred around the city of Damascus in the Southern Levant.
Book of Isaiah
The Book of Isaiah (ספר ישעיהו) is the first of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible and the first of the Major Prophets in the Christian Old Testament.
Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua (סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, Tiberian: Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ; Ιησούς τουΝαυή; Liber Iosue) is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
Dead Sea
The Dead Sea (al-Baḥr al-Mayyit, or label; Yām hamMelaḥ), also known by other names, is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Israel to the west.
Eusebius
Eusebius of Caesarea (Εὐσέβιος τῆς Καισαρείας; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek Syro-Palestinian historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian polemicist.
Hazael
Hazael was a king of Aram-Damascus mentioned in the Bible.
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Henry Baker Tristram
Henry Baker Tristram FRS (11 May 1822 – 8 March 1906) was an English clergyman, Bible scholar, traveller and ornithologist.
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Israelites
The Israelites were a group of Semitic-speaking tribes in the ancient Near East who, during the Iron Age, inhabited a part of Canaan.
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
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Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)
The Kingdom of Israel, or the Kingdom of Samaria, was an Israelite kingdom in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age, whose beginnings can be dated back to the first half of the 10th century BCE.
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Mesha Stele
The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a stele dated around 840 BCE containing a significant Canaanite inscription in the name of King Mesha of Moab (a kingdom located in modern Jordan).
Moab
Moab is an ancient Levantine kingdom whose territory is today located in southern Jordan.
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Prophecy
In religion, a prophecy is a message that has been communicated to a person (typically called a prophet) by a supernatural entity.
Reuben (son of Jacob)
Reuben or Reuven (רְאוּבֵן, Standard Rəʾūven, Tiberian Rŭʾūḇēn) was the first of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's oldest son), according to the Book of Genesis.
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Septuagint
The Septuagint, sometimes referred to as the Greek Old Testament or The Translation of the Seventy (Hē metáphrasis tôn Hebdomḗkonta), and often abbreviated as LXX, is the earliest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible from the original Hebrew.
Sihon
Sihon was an Amorite king mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, who refused to let the Israelites pass through his country.
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Transjordan in the Bible
Transjordan (עבר הירדן) is an area of land in the Southern Levant lying east of the Jordan River valley.
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Tribe of Gad
According to the Bible, the Tribe of Gad was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel who, after the Exodus from Egypt, settled on the eastern side of the Jordan River.
Wadi Mujib
The Wadi Mujib (Wādī al-Mūjib), also known as Arnon Stream (Hebrew: נַחַל ארנון), is a river in Jordan.
See also
Moab
- 1 Samuel 22
- 2 Kings 3
- Al-Karak
- Anakim
- Aroer
- Balak
- Balu'a Stele
- Bamoth-Baal
- Bani Hamida
- Book of Ruth
- Chemosh
- Dhiban, Jordan
- Eglon (king)
- Gilead
- Heshbon
- Horonaim
- Kammusu-nadbi
- Kamōš-ʿaśa
- Kerak Inscription
- Kir of Moab
- Lot (biblical person)
- Madaba
- Mahlon and Chilion
- Mesha
- Mizpah (Moab)
- Moab
- Moabite language
- Muṣuri
- Orpah
- Pahath-Moab
- Ruth (biblical figure)
- Salmanu
Torah cities
- Abila (Peraea)
- Admah
- Ai (Canaan)
- Aroer
- Ashteroth Karnaim
- Beersheba
- Bethharan
- Bethlehem
- Calneh
- Cities of Refuge
- Cities of refuge
- Harran
- Harran (biblical place)
- Hebron
- Heshbon
- Jericho
- Jerusalem
- Kadesh (biblical)
- Kedesh
- Levitical cities
- Levitical city
- Luz (biblical place)
- Madaba
- Nebo (biblical town)
- Pi-Ramesses
- Pithom
- Ramoth-Gilead
- Salem (Bible)
- Shechem
- Sidon
- Sodom and Gomorrah
- Tel Arad
- Tel Dothan
- Tell es-Sultan
- Tirzah (Tell el-Farah North)
- Tyre, Lebanon
- Zeboim (Hebrew Bible)
- Zoan
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroer
Also known as Aroer (Moab), ערוער.