Strong’s H6149 · Hebrew

עָרֵב
ʻârêb
aw-rabe'

Definition

to be agreeable

Etymology

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

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • be pleasant(-ing)
  • take pleasure in
  • be sweet

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.