proper name, of a location Αροηρ, MI²⁶ ערער; —

1 city on north bank of Arnon, southern limit of east Jordan Israel, עֲרֹעֵר Numbers 32:34 (JE), Deuteronomy 2:36; Deuteronomy 3:12; Deuteronomy 4:48; Joshua 12:2 (D) 2 Kings 10:33; 1 Chronicles 5:8; עֲרוֺעֵר Joshua 13:9 (D), Joshua 13:16 (P), 2 Samuel 24:5; Moabitish Jeremiah 48:19 (compare MI²⁶); once עַרְעֹר Judges 11:26; modern `Ar`âir Buhl Geogr. 269, Tristr^{Moab 129 ff.}

2 city near Rabbah in Ammon, עֲרֹעֵר Judges 11:33, ׳עֲרוֺ Joshua 13:25 (P), site unknown.

3 city in southern Judah, עֲרֹעֵר 1 Samuel 30:28 (ᵐ5 Αροηρ + Αμμαδει, latter originally according to We, indicating form ערערה; ᵐ5^L Παγουηλ); + Joshua 15:22 reading ׳ע (or עַרְעָרָה) for ᵑ0 עַדְעָרָה, ᵐ5^B Αρουηλ, We^{1Samuel 30:28} (compare Dr HPS), Di^{on the passage} Benn Steuern; possibly `Ar`âra approximately 9 miles south of east from Beersheba, but compare Buhl^{Geogr. 183. — Isaiah 17:2} read עָרֶיהָ עֲדֵי עַד ᵐ5 Lo Lag^{Semitic i. 30} Che Buhl^Lex and others (for ᵑ0 עָרֵי עֲרֹעֵר). — See also Che^{Ency. Bib. 317}.