# עָרֹב (arov)

Israeli respelling: a-rov. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6157. 7 Old Testament occurrences.

a mosquito (from its swarming)

King James renderings: divers sorts of flies, swarm.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/arov-h6157

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 8:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/8/21) — Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and int…
- [Exodus 8:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/8/22) — And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest k…
- [Exodus 8:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/8/24) — And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the la…
- [Exodus 8:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/8/29) — And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants…
- [Exodus 8:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/8/31) — And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; t…
- [Psalms 78:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/45) — He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
- [Psalms 105:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/105/31) — He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.