Arabia

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(desert). Known in O. T. as “East Country” (Gen. 10:30; 25:630And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. (Genesis 10:30)
6But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. (Genesis 25:6)
); and “Land of the Sons of the East” (Gen. 29; Judg. 6:3; 7:123And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; (Judges 6:3)
12And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude. (Judges 7:12)
). Arabia, from Arab the people (2 Chron. 9:1414Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. (2 Chronicles 9:14); Isa. 21:1313The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. (Isaiah 21:13); Jer. 25:2424And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, (Jeremiah 25:24); Ezek. 27:2121Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants. (Ezekiel 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 10:1515Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffic of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. (1 Kings 10:15); 2 Chron. 9:1414Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. (2 Chronicles 9:14)). Paul visited it (Gal. 1:1717Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. (Galatians 1:17)). Often referred to by prophets (Isa. 42:1111Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. (Isaiah 42:11); Jer. 25:2424And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, (Jeremiah 25:24)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

A very large country is embraced by this name, lying south, south-east, and east of Palestine. It was of old, as it is now by the natives, divided into three districts.
1. Arabia Proper, being the same as the ancient Arabia Felix, embraces the peninsula which extends southward to the Arabian Sea and northward to the desert.
2. Western Arabia, the same as the ancient Arabia Petra, embraces Sinai and the desert of Petra, extending from Egypt and the Red Sea to about Petra.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Transliteration:
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Phonic:
Arab
Meaning:
or mArab {ar-ab'}; from 6150 in the figurative sense of sterility; Arab (i.e. Arabia), a country East of Palestine
KJV Usage:
Arabia

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

dusky: mixed

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Wild open place, or desert; sterility; evening:―a country E. of Palestine, 2 Chron. 9:14. {Locus campestris, vel desertus}