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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6172 - עֶרְוָה

Transliteration

ʻervâh

Phonetics

er-vaw'

Origin

from (H6168)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TWOT

1692b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda

1a) pudenda (implying shameful exposure)

1b) nakedness of a thing, indecency, improper behaviour

1c) exposed, undefended (figuratively)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 152 ‑ αἰσχύνη (ahee‑skhoo'‑nay); 602 ‑ ἀποκάλυψις (ap‑ok‑al'‑oop‑sis); 808 ‑ ἀσχημοσύνη (as‑kay‑mos‑oo'‑nay); 809 ‑ ἀσχήμων (as‑kay'‑mone); 2487 ‑ ἴχνος (ikh'‑nos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (54)

Genesis 5

Exodus 2

Leviticus 32

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 1

Isaiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 8

Hosea 1

NAS (56)

Genesis 7

Exodus 2

Leviticus 32

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 1

Isaiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 8

Hosea 1

HCS (50)

Genesis 5

Exodus 2

Leviticus 29

Deuteronomy 2

Isaiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 8

Hosea 1

BSB (57)

Genesis 8

Exodus 2

Leviticus 32

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 1

Isaiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 8

Hosea 1

ESV (49)

Genesis 5

Leviticus 30

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 1

Isaiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 8

Hosea 1

WEB (51)

Genesis 5

Exodus 1

Leviticus 30

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 1

Isaiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 8

Hosea 1

KJV (54)

nakedness 51

shame 1

unclean 1

uncleanness 1

NAS (56)

bare 1

indecency 1

indecent 1

nakedness 48

parts 2

shame 1

undefended 2

HCS (50)

* 11

He has had sexual intercourse with 1

He has shamed 1

by having sex with 1

have sexual intercourse with 2

he has shamed 2

improper 2

naked 3

nakedness 10

shame 1

the shame 1

the weakness 2

their naked 1

to have sex with 1

to have sexual intercourse with 6

to shame 2

will shame 3

BSB (57)

* 8

Your nakedness 1

[is] vulnerable 2

[you] 1

bare 1

dishonor 1

expose the nakedness 1

have sexual relations with 7

have sexual relations with both 1

her 5

her nakedness 4

indecency 1

nakedness 7

shame 1

so that the shame 1

the nakedness 4

unclean 1

who bore you 1

would dishonor 1

would shame 1

would shame your family 1

your nakedness 4

ESV (49)

indecency 1

nakedness 48

WEB (51)

Your nakedness 1

all your nakedness 1

an unclean 1

and the nakedness 1

and your nakedness 1

even their nakedness 1

her nakedness 11

his nakedness 1

is your own nakedness 1

nakedness 9

nor the nakedness 1

that your nakedness 1

the nakedness 16

their nakedness 1

to the shame 1

unseemly 1

your nakedness 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1365) r o (אהר AhR) AC: Bare CO: Skin AB: ?: The pictograph o is a picture of the eye, the r is a picture of a man. Combined these mean "see a man". When the enemy is captured, he is stripped of his clothes to the skin and carefully watched.

A) r o (אהר AhR) AC: ? CO: Naked AB: ?

a^m ) r o m (מאהר MAhR) - Nakedness: KJV (2): nakedness, proportion - Strongs: H4626 (מַעַר)

i^m/f) r o t (תאהר TAhR) - I. Razor:For shaving hair and making the face naked. II. Sheath:For holding a blade. KJV (13): sheath, razor, penknife, scabbard, shave - Strongs: H8593 (תַּעַר)

l^m) r o r o (אהראהר AhRAhR) - Naked: KJV (2): destitute, heath - Strongs: H6199 (עַרְעָר)

ap^m) m r o m (מאהרמ MAhRM) - Naked: KJV (1): naked - Strongs: H4636 (מַעֲרֹם)

cl^m) r o f r o (אהרואהר AhRWAhR) - Naked: KJV (1): heath - Strongs: H6176 (עַרְעָר)

cp^m) m f r o (אהרומ AhRWM) - Naked: [df: Mre]KJV (16): naked - Strongs: H6174 (עָרֹם)

ecp^m ) m f r i o (אהירומ AhYRWM) - Naked: [df: Mrye Mre]KJV (10): naked, nakedness - Strongs: H5903 (עֵרֹם)

B) r r o (אהרר AhRR) AC: ? CO: Naked AB: ?

V) r r o (אהרר AhRR) - Bare: KJV (4): (vf: Paal, Pilpel) bare, raise, break - Strongs: H6209 (עָרַר)

bf^m) i r i r o (אהרירי AhRYRY) - Barren: One who is childless. KJV (4): childless - Strongs: H6185 (עֲרִירִי)

H) e r o (אהרה AhRH) AC: Uncover CO: Naked AB: ?

V) e r o (אהרה AhRH) - I. Uncover:To remove the covering. II. Empty:To remove the contents of a container or destroy a city. KJV (15): (vf: Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Piel, Participle) uncover, discover, empty, rase, destitute, naked, pour, spread - Strongs: H6168 (עָרָה)

N^f1) e r o (אהרה AhRH) - Meadow: A place barren of trees. KJV (1): reed - Strongs: H6169 (עָרָה)

a^m) e r o m (מאהרה MAhRH) - Meadow: A place barren of trees. KJV (1): meadow - Strongs: H4629 (מַעֲרֶה)

f^f1) e i r o (אהריה AhRYH) - Naked: KJV (6): naked, bare - Strongs: H6181 (עֶרְיָה)

J) r f o (אהור AhWR) AC: ? CO: Skin AB: ?: The bare skin without clothing.

V) r f o (אהור AhWR) - Naked: To have the skin exposed. KJV (1): (vf: Niphal) naked - Strongs: H5783 (עוּר)

N^m) r f o (אהור AhWR) - Skin: The skin of men or animals as well as leather made from animal skins. Also the husk of a seed. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (100): skin, hide, leather, chaff - Strongs: H5784 (עוּר), H5785 (עוֹר)

a^m) r f o m (מאהור MAhWR) - Nakedness: KJV (1): nakedness, pudendum - Strongs: H4589 (מָעוֹר)

K) f r o (אהרו AhRW) AC: ? CO: Naked AB: ?: The shame of one being naked.

N^f1) e f r o (אהרוה AhRWH) - I. Nakedness:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Shame:From ones nakedness. KJV (55): nakedness, shame, unclean, uncleanness, dishonor - Strongs: H6172 (עֶרְוָה), H6173 (עַרְוָה)

M) r i o (אהיר AhYR) AC: Watch CO: ? AB: ?: In the sense of seeing.

N^m) r i o (אהיר AhYR) - Watcher: [Aramaic only] KJV (3): watcher - Strongs: H5894 (עִיר)

Adopted Roots:

A2580 P r o (Behead, Neck)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

עֶרְוָה₅₄ noun feminine nakedness, pudenda; — absolute ׳ע Exodus 28:42; Leviticus 18:6; usually construct עֶרְוַת Genesis 9:22 +, suffix עֶרְוָתְךָ Exodus 20:23 (Ginsb), Leviticus 18:10; עֶרְוָתֵךְ Isaiah 47:3 +; ת֯וֺ Leviticus 20:17, תָ֯הּ Leviticus 18:7 +; suffix 3 feminine plural עֶרְוָתָן Leviticus 18:9; Leviticus 18:10; —

1 pudenda, of man ׳רָאָה ע implying shameful exposure Genesis 9:22,23 (J); mostly of woman: figurative of Jerusalem (with רָאָה) Lamentations 1:3; Ezekiel 16:37; usually with ׃ נלה literal ׳תִּגָּלֶה ע i.e. be exposed to view Exodus 20:23 (Ginsb; van d. H. Exodus 20:26; E), Song of Solomon , as shameful punishment, figurative of Egypt Isaiah 20:4 (gloss according to Du Che Di-Kit), Babylonian Isaiah 47:3, of Jerusalem Ezekiel 16:37; Ezekiel 23:10,29 (עֶרְוַת זְנוּנַיִךְ; all three object of active verb); chiefly euphemism for cohabitation, ׳גִּלָּה ע Leviticus 18:6 + (see גלה Pi`el 1 a; figurative of Jerusalem (verb passive) Ezekiel 16:36; ׳רָאָה ע in same meaning Leviticus 20:17 (twice in verse) (H; of both sexes); ׳ע also Leviticus 18:8,10,16 (H); ׳כִּסָּה ע cover nakedness Genesis 9:23 (J), Exodus 28:42 (P; ׳בְּשַׂר ע), Hosea 2:11 (figurative of Israel), Ezekiel 16:8 (of Jerusalem); reviling words are אִמֶּ֑ךָ׳לְבשֶׁת ע 1 Samuel 20:30 (compare Doughty^{Arab. Deserta i. 269}).

2 עֶרְוַת דָּבָר nakedness of a thing, i.e. probably indecency, improper behaviour Deuteronomy 23:15; Deuteronomy 24:1 (see Dr).

3 figurative הָאָרֶץ׳ע Genesis 42:9,12 (E), i.e. its exposed, undefended parts (Arabic ).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עֶרְוָה f. (from the root עָרָה)

(1) nakedness, Hosea 2:11 metaph. עֶרְוַת חָאָרֶץ the nakedness of the land; i.e. a part of the land unfortified, easy of access; Arabic عَوْرَةُ (τεῖχος ἐγυμνώθη, Hom. Il. xii. 399), Genesis 42:9, 12 Genesis 42:12.

(2) pudenda; especially when naked, Genesis 9:22, 23 1 Samuel 20:30. עֶרְוַת אָבִיו the nakedness of one’s father; i.e. the nakedness of one’s father’s wife, Leviticus 20:11 compare Leviticus 18:8, 16 Leviticus 18:16.

(3) shame, filthiness. עֶרְוַת דָּבָר anything unclean (excrement), Deuteronomy 23:15, (any defect found in a woman) Deuteronomy 24:1 also ignominy, dishonour. Isaiah 20:4, עֶרְוַת מִצְרַיִם “the dishonour of Egypt.”

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List of Word Forms

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