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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 BoxGen 24:20 - And she hasted, H4116 and emptied H6168 her pitcher H3537 into the trough, H8268 and ran H7323 again unto the well H875 to draw H7579 water, and drew H7579 for all his camels. H1581

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:18 - And if a man H376 shall lie H7901 with a woman H802 having her sickness, H1739 and shall uncover H1540 her nakedness; H6172 he hath discovered H6168 her fountain, H4726 and she hath uncovered H1540 the fountain H4726 of her blood: H1818 and both H8147 of them shall be cut off H3772 from among H7130 their people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 - And thou shalt not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of thy mother's H517 sister, H269 nor of thy father's H1 sister: H269 for he uncovereth H6168 his near kin: H7607 they shall bear H5375 their iniquity. H5771

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:11 - Now it came to pass, that at what time H6256 the chest H727 was brought H935 unto the king's H4428 office H6486 by the hand H3027 of the Levites, H3881 and when they saw H7200 that there was much H7227 money, H3701 the king's H4428 scribe H5608 and the high H7218 priest's H3548 officer H6496 came H935 and emptied H6168 the chest, H727 and took H5375 it, and carried H7725 ➔ it to his place H4725 again. H7725 Thus they did H6213 day H3117 by day, H3117 and gathered H622 money H3701 in abundance. H7230

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:7 - Remember, H2142 O LORD, H3068 the children H1121 of Edom H123 in the day H3117 of Jerusalem; H3389 who said, H559 Rase H6168 it, rase H6168 it, even to the foundation H3247 thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:8 - But mine eyes H5869 are unto thee, O GOD H3069 the Lord: H136 in thee is my trust; H2620 leave H6168 ➔ not my soul H5315 destitute. H6168

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:17 - Therefore the Lord H136 will smite with a scab H5596 the crown of the head H6936 of the daughters H1323 of Zion, H6726 and the LORD H3068 will discover H6168 their secret parts. H6596

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:6 - And Elam H5867 bare H5375 the quiver H827 with chariots H7393 of men H120 and horsemen, H6571 and Kir H7024 uncovered H6168 the shield. H4043

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:12 - Therefore will I divide H2505 him a portion with the great, H7227 and he shall divide H2505 the spoil H7998 with the strong; H6099 because he hath poured out H6168 his soul H5315 unto death: H4194 and he was numbered H4487 with the transgressors; H6586 and he bare H5375 the sin H2399 of many, H7227 and made intercession H6293 for the transgressors. H6586

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 - Rejoice H7797 and be glad, H8055 O daughter H1323 of Edom, H123 that dwellest H3427 in the land H776 of Uz; H5780 the cup H3563 also shall pass H5674 through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, H7937 and shalt make thyself naked. H6168

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:13 - Thou wentest forth H3318 for the salvation H3468 of thy people, H5971 even for salvation H3468 with thine anointed; H4899 thou woundedst H4272 the head H7218 out of the house H1004 of the wicked, H7563 by discovering H6168 the foundation H3247 unto the neck. H6677 Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - And flocks H5739 shall lie down H7257 in the midst H8432 of her, all the beasts H2416 of the nations: H1471 both the cormorant H6893 and the bittern H7090 shall lodge H3885 in the upper lintels H3730 of it; their voice H6963 shall sing H7891 in the windows; H2474 desolation H2721 shall be in the thresholds: H5592 for he shall uncover H6168 the cedar work. H731
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