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Lexicon :: Strong's H6172 - ʿervâ

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עֶרְוָה
Transliteration
ʿervâ
Pronunciation
er-vaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1692b

Strong’s Definitions

עֶרְוָה ʻervâh, er-vaw'; from H6168; nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish):—nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H6172 in the following manner: nakedness (50x), nakedness (with H1320) (1x), shame (1x), unclean (1x), uncleanness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H6172 in the following manner: nakedness (50x), nakedness (with H1320) (1x), shame (1x), unclean (1x), uncleanness (1x).
  1. nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda

    1. pudenda (implying shameful exposure)

    2. nakedness of a thing, indecency, improper behaviour

    3. exposed, undefended (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶרְוָה ʻervâh, er-vaw'; from H6168; nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish):—nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
STRONGS H6172: Abbreviations
עֶרְוָה 54 noun feminine nakedness, pudenda; — absolute ע׳ Exodus 28:42; Leviticus 18:6; usually construct עֶרְוַת Genesis 9:22 +, suffix עֶרְוָֽֽֽתְךָ Exodus 20:23 (Ginsb), Leviticus 18:10; עֶרְוָתֵךְ Isaiah 47:3 +; ת֯וֺ Leviticus 20:17, תָ֯הּ Leviticus 18:7 +; suffix 3rd person 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), so, 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. 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 DoughtyArab. 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 bdb078901).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

9:22; 9:22; 9:23; 9:23; 42:9; 42:12

Exodus

20:23; 20:23; 20:26; 28:42; 28:42

Leviticus

18:6; 18:6; 18:7; 18:8; 18:9; 18:10; 18:10; 18:10; 18:16; 20:17; 20:17

Deuteronomy

23:15; 24:1

1 Samuel

20:30

Isaiah

20:4; 47:3; 47:3

Lamentations

1:3

Ezekiel

16:8; 16:36; 16:37; 16:37; 23:10; 23:29

Hosea

2:11

H6172

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6172 matches the Hebrew עֶרְוָה (ʿervâ),
which occurs 54 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22 -

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23 -

Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 -

Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies. You have come to see the weakness[fn] of the land.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:12 -

“No,” he said to them. “You have come to see the weakness of the land.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:26 -

“Do not go up to my altar on steps, so that your nakedness is not exposed on it.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42 -

“Make them linen undergarments to cover their naked bodies; they must extend from the waist to the thighs.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:6 -

“You are not to come near any close relative[fn] for sexual intercourse; I am the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:7 -

“You are not to violate the intimacy that belongs to your father and mother.[fn] She is your mother; you must not have sexual intercourse with her.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:8 -

“You are not to have sex with your father’s wife; she is your father’s family.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:9 -

“You are not to have sexual intercourse with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s, whether born at home or born elsewhere. You are not to have sex with her.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:10 -

“You are not to have sexual intercourse with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for they are your family.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:11 -

“You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife’s daughter, who is adopted by[fn] your father; she is your sister.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:12 -

“You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13 -

“You are not to have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:14 -

“You are not to violate the intimacy that belongs to[fn] your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual intercourse; she is your aunt.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:15 -

“You are not to have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sex with her.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:16 -

“You are not to have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s family.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:17 -

“You are not to have sexual intercourse with a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sex with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:18 -

“You are not to marry a woman as a rival to her sister and have sexual intercourse with her during her sister’s lifetime.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:19 -

“You are not to approach a woman during her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:11 -

“If a man sleeps with his father’s wife, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his father.[fn] Both of them must be put to death; their death is their own fault.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17 -

“If a man marries his sister, whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and they have sexual relations,[fn] it is a disgrace. They are to be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his iniquity.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:18 -

“If a man sleeps with a menstruating woman and has sexual intercourse with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them are to be cut off from their people.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 -

“You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister, for it is exposing one’s own blood relative; both people will bear their iniquity.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:20 -

“If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his uncle;[fn] they will bear their guilt and die childless.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:21 -

“If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is impurity. He has violated the intimacy that belongs to his brother;[fn] they will be childless.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:14 -

“For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you; so your encampments must be holy. He must not see anything indecent among you or he will turn away from you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:1 -

“If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a divorce certificate, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 -

Then Saul became angry with Jonathan and shouted, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you are siding with Jesse’s son to your own shame and to the disgrace of your mother?[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 -

“so the king of Assyria will lead the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, stripped and barefoot, with bared buttocks ​— ​to Egypt’s shame.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:3 -

“Your nakedness will be uncovered,

and your disgrace will be exposed.

I will take vengeance;

I will spare no one.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8 -

Jerusalem has sinned grievously;

therefore, she has become an object of scorn.[fn]

All who honored her now despise her,

for they have seen her nakedness.

She herself groans and turns away.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:8 -

“ ‘Then I passed by you and saw you, and you were indeed at the age for love. So I spread the edge of my garment over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged myself to you, entered into a covenant with you ​— ​this is the declaration of the Lord GOD ​— ​and you became mine.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:36 -

“This is what the Lord GOD says: Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness exposed by your acts of prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols and the blood of your children that you gave to them,

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:37 -

“I am therefore going to gather all the lovers you pleased ​— ​all those you loved as well as all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose your nakedness to them so they see you completely naked.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:10 -

“Men within you have sexual intercourse with their father’s wife and violate women during their menstrual impurity.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:10 -

“They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. Since they executed judgment against her, she became notorious among women.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:18 -

“When she flaunted her promiscuity and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust just as I turned away from her sister.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:29 -

“They will treat you with hatred, take all you have worked for, and leave you stark naked, so that the shame of your debauchery will be exposed, both your depravity and promiscuity.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:9 -

Therefore, I will take back my grain in its time

and my new wine in its season;

I will take away my wool and linen,

which were to cover her nakedness.

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