(desert). Known in O. T. as “East Country” (Gen. 10:30; 25:6); and “Land of the Sons of the East” (Gen. 29; Judg. 6:3; 7:12). Arabia, from Arab the people (2 Chron. 9:14; Isa. 21:13; Jer. 25:24; Ezek. 27:21). That extensive peninsula lying south of Palestine and between the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Persian Gulf. Home of many nomadic races, and in close commerce and even kinship, through Ishmael, with the Hebrews (1 Kings 10:15; 2 Chron. 9:14). Paul visited it (Gal. 1:17). Often referred to by prophets (Isa. 42:11; Jer. 25:24).