Aremah עֲרֵמָה
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| עֲרֵמָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | aremah |
| Strong's number | H6194 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | heap |
| Occurrences | 11 in 10 verses |
| Most frequent in | 2 Chronicles (4) |
Aremah (Hebrew עֲרֵמָה, Strong's H6194) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “heap”. It occurs 11 times in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
heap, pile
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | heaps (6), heap (2), corn (1), sheaves (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | heaps (3), heap of grain (1), large heaps (1), mounds (1), grain (1), is a mound (1), mounds of grain (1), heap (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Aremah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ruth
- Ruth 3:7And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 31:6And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the Lord their God, and laid them by heaps.And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.
- 2 Chronicles 31:7In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.In the third month they began building up the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.
- 2 Chronicles 31:8And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord, and his people Israel.When Hezekiah and his officials came and viewed the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 31:9Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites about the heaps,
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 4:2And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
- Nehemiah 13:15In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 7:2Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 50:26Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.
Haggai
- Haggai 2:16Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).