arabah

Thus Is., xxxv, 1: "The land that was desolate [midbar] and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness [ 'arabah] shall rejoice"; cf. also Jer., xvii, 6, etc.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Finally, the scene of Christ's temptation (Matt., iv, 1-11), of which St. Mark adds (i, 13): "He was with wild beasts", was most likely in the 'arabah to the west of the Jordan.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

It lies to the west of the 'arabah, the Jordan, and the Dead Sea.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Very frequently the word 'arabah has a mere geographical sense.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

While midbar denotes properly a pastoral region, arabah denotes a wilderness.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

The Oriental wagon, or arabah, is a vehicle composed of two or three planks fixed on two solid circular blocks of wood from two to five feet in diameter, which serve as wheels.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

Beth-arabah -- "the house," or "place of solitude," in the desert of

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

There was an opening in the roof of this arabah, evidently for the convenience of accommodating within it a figure too high to be otherwise carried in the conveyance, for out of the opening appeared a white marble head of Grecian statuary.

Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History 1821-1893 A. L. O. E. 1857

In the centre of the line was a gorgeous arabah, or covered cart with curtains, to which the troop of soldiers appeared to form an escort.

Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History 1821-1893 A. L. O. E. 1857

Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:

The Holy Bible: Webster's Bible Anonymous 1833