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Lexicon :: Strong's H6168 - ʿārâ

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עָרָה
Transliteration
ʿārâ
Pronunciation
aw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1692

Strong’s Definitions

עָרָה ʻârâh, aw-raw'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish:—leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H6168 in the following manner: uncover (3x), discover (3x), emptied (2x), rase (2x), leave destitute (1x), make naked (1x), poured out (1x), poured (1x), spreading (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H6168 in the following manner: uncover (3x), discover (3x), emptied (2x), rase (2x), leave destitute (1x), make naked (1x), poured out (1x), poured (1x), spreading (1x).

  1. to be bare, be nude, uncover, leave destitute, discover, empty, raze, pour out

    1. (Piel)

      1. to bare, lay bare

      2. to lay bare by emptying, empty

      3. to pour out

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to make naked, strip bare (of sexual offences)

      2. to pour out

    3. (Niphal) to be poured out, be exposed

    4. (Hithpael)

      1. to expose oneself, make oneself naked

      2. pouring oneself, spreading oneself (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָרָה ʻârâh, aw-raw'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish:—leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover.
STRONGS H6168: Abbreviations
† [עָרָה] verb be naked, bare (Arabic bdb078809 be naked; Phoenician ערה [Pi.] lay bare (compare Bloch Lzb); Assyrian ûru, nakedness, also desert waste (compare [עָרָה] below) JägerBAS ii. 282 and references; Late Hebrew עֶרְוָה = Biblical Hebrew, Targum עִירְיְתָא; Syriac bdb078810 in Lexicons); —
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular עֵרָה Isaiah 22:6; Zephaniah 2:14; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְעָרֶה Isaiah 3:17; 3rd person feminine singular וַהְּעַר Genesis 24:20; 2nd person masculine singular jussive תְּעַר Psalm 141:8; 3rd person masculine plural וִיעָרוּ 2 Chronicles 24:11; Imperative masculine plural עָ֫רוּ Psalm 137:7 (twice in verse); Infinitive absolute עָרוֺת Habakkuk 3:13 (Ges§ 75 n); —
1. lay bare Isaiah 3:17; Isaiah 22:6; Zephaniah 2:14 (indefinite subject); of laying foundations bare, i.e. tearing down walls, etc. Habakkuk 3:13 (yet on text see Now), absolute עָ֫רוּ עָ֑רוּ Psalm 137:7 (twice in verse).
2. lay bare by removing contents, empty, water-jar Genesis 24:20 (J; + אֶל location), chest 2 Chronicles 24:11.
3. pour out, אַלתְּֿעַר נַמְּשִׁי Psalm 141:8 (i.e. slay).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֶעֱרָה ׃.
1. make naked, of sexual offences Leviticus 20:18, Leviticus 20:19 (both || גִּלָּה).
2. pour out, לַמָּוֶת הע׳, נַפְשׁוֺ Isaiah 53:12 (figurative for slay, compare Qal 3).
Niph. passive of Hiph. 2 : 3rd person masculine singular יֵעָרֶה עָלֵינוּ רוּחַ Isaiah 32:15 (figurative) until there be poured upon us a spirit from on high.
Hithp.
1. Imperfect 2nd person feminine singular תִּתְעָרִ֑י Lamentations 4:21 thou shalt make thyself naked (of Edom under figure of drunken woman).
2. Participle מִתְעָרֶה Psalm 37:35 usually pouring himself, i.e. spreading himself out like a tree (Bae doubts; Du מִתְעַלֶּה lifting himself up, compare Greek Version of the LXX).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6173.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:20; 24:20

Leviticus

20:18; 20:19

2 Chronicles

24:11; 24:11

Psalms

37:35; 137:7; 137:7; 141:8; 141:8

Isaiah

3:17; 3:17; 22:6; 22:6; 32:15; 53:12

Lamentations

4:21

Habakkuk

3:13; 3:13

Zephaniah

2:14; 2:14

H6168

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6168 matches the Hebrew עָרָה (ʿārâ),
which occurs 15 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20 - So she quickly emptied H6168 her jar into the trough, and ran back to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:18 - ‘If there is a man who sleeps with a menstruous woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed H6168 her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her blood; so both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 - ‘You shall also not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or of your father’s sister, for such a one has uncovered H6168 his [fn]blood relative; they will bear their guilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:11 - It happened that whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officer by the Levites, and they saw that the money was substantial, the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer would come and empty H6168 the chest, and pick it up and return it to its place. They did this daily and collected a large amount of money.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:35 -

I have seen a wicked, violent person

Spreading H6168 himself like a luxuriant [fn]tree in its native soil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:7 -

Remember, LORD, against the sons of Edom

The day of Jerusalem,

Those who said, “Lay H6168 it bare H6168, lay H6168 it bare H6168

To its foundation!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:8 -

For my eyes are toward You, [fn]GOD, the Lord;

In You I take refuge; do not [fn]leave H6168 me defenseless H6168.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:17 -

The Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs,

And the LORD will make H6168 their foreheads bare H6168.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:6 -

Elam picked up the quiver,

With the chariots, [fn]infantry, and horsemen;

And Kir uncovered H6168 the shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:15 -

Until the Spirit is poured H6168 out H6168 upon us from on high,

And the wilderness becomes a fertile field,

And the fertile field is considered as a forest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:12 -

Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,

And He will divide the plunder with the strong,

Because He poured H6168 out H6168 His [fn]life unto death,

And was counted with wrongdoers;

Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,

And interceded for the wrongdoers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 -

Rejoice and be joyful, daughter of Edom,

Who lives in the land of Uz;

But the cup will pass to you as well,

You will become drunk and expose H6168 yourself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:13 -

You went forth for the salvation of Your people,

For the salvation of Your anointed.

You smashed the head of the house of evil

To uncover H6168 him from [fn]foot to neck. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 -

Flocks will lie down in her midst,

[fn]All animals that range in herds;

Both the [fn]pelican and the hedgehog

Will spend their nights in [fn]the tops of her pillars;

[fn]Birds will sing in the window,

Devastation will be on the threshold;

For He has uncovered H6168 the cedar work.

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