med´ō : (1) ערות , ‛ārōth , "the meadows (the King James Version "paper reeds") by the Nile" ( Isaiah 19:7 ); מערה־גּבע , ma‛ărēh -gābha‛ , the King James Version "meadows of Gibeah," the Revised Version (British and American) "Maareh-geba," the Revised Version margin "the meadow of Geba, or Gibeah" (Judges 20:33 ); from ערה , ‛ārāh , "to be naked"; compare Arabic ariya , "to be naked," ‛ara'â' , "a bare tract of land." ‛Ārōth and ma‛ărēh signify tracts bare of trees. (2) אחוּ , 'āḥū , in Pharaoh's dream of the kine, the King James Version "meadow," the Revised Version (British and American) "reed grass" (Genesis 41:2 , Genesis 41:18 ). 'Āḥū is found also in Job 8:11 , the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "flag," the Revised Version margin "reed-grass." According to Gesenius, 'āḥū is an Egyptian word denoting the vegetation of marshy ground. (3) כּרמים אבל , 'ābhēl kerāmı̄m , "Abel-cheramim," the Revised Version margin "The meadow of vineyards," the King James Version "the plain (the King James Version margin, "Abel") of the vineyards" (Judges 11:33 ); "Abel-beth-maacah" (1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29; compare 2 Samuel 20:14 , 2 Samuel 20:15 , 2 Samuel 20:18 ); "Abel-shittim" (Numbers 33:49; compare Numbers 25:1; Joshua 2:1; Joshua 3:1; Judges 7:22; Joel 3:18; Micah 6:5 ); "Abel-meholah" (Judges 7:22; 1 Kings 4:12; 1 Kings 19:16 ); "Abel-maim" (2 Chronicles 16:4 ); "Abel-mizraim" (Genesis 50:11 ); "stone," the King James Version "Abel," the Revised Version margin "Abel," that is "a meadow" (1 Samuel 6:18 ); compare Arabic 'abal , "green grass," and 'abalat , "unhealthy marshy ground," from wabal , "to rain."
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