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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22 - And Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23 - And Shem taketh -- Japheth also -- the garment, and they place on the shoulder of them both, and go backward, and cover the nakedness of their father; and their faces are backward, and their father's nakedness they have not seen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, 'Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:12 - and he saith unto them, 'No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:26 - neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:42

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42 - 'And make thou for them linen trousers to cover the naked flesh: they are from the loins even unto the thighs;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:6 - 'None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:7 - 'The nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover, she is thy mother; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:8 - 'The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it is the nakedness of thy father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:9 - 'The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:10 - 'The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter: thou dost not uncover their nakedness; for theirs is thy nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:11 - 'The nakedness of a daughter of thy father's wife, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:12 - 'The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she is a relation of thy father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13 - 'The nakedness of thy mother's sister thou dost not uncover; for she is thy mother's relation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:14 - 'The nakedness of thy father's brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she is thine aunt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:15 - 'The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she is thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:16 - 'The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it is thy brother's nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:17 - 'The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they are her relations; it is wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:18 - 'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:19 - 'And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:11 - 'And a man who lieth with his father's wife -- the nakedness of his father he hath uncovered -- both of them are certainly put to death; their blood is on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17 - 'And a man who taketh his sister, a daughter of his father or daughter of his mother, and he hath seen her nakedness, and she seeth his nakedness: it is a shame; and they have been cut off before the eyes of the sons of their people; the nakedness of his sister he hath uncovered; his iniquity he beareth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:18 - 'And a man who lieth with a sick woman, and hath uncovered her nakedness, her fountain he hath made bare, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood, -- even both of them have been cut off from the midst of their people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 - 'And the nakedness of thy mother's sister, and of thy father's sister, thou dost not uncover; because his relation he hath made bare; their iniquity they bear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:20 - 'And a man who lieth with his aunt, the nakedness of his uncle he hath uncovered; their sin they bear; childless they die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:21 - 'And a man who taketh his brother's wife -- it is impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:14 - for Jehovah thy God is walking up and down in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give thine enemies before thee, and thy camp hath been holy, and He doth not see in thee the nakedness of anything, and hath turned back from after thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:1 - 'When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given it into her hand, and sent her out of his house,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 - And the anger of Saul burneth against Jonathan, and he saith to him, 'Son of a perverse rebellious woman! have I not known that thou art fixing on the son of Jesse to thy shame, and to the shame of the nakedness of thy mother?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - so doth the king of Asshur lead the captivity of Egypt, and the removal of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with seat uncovered -- the nakedness of Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:3 - Revealed is thy nakedness, yea, seen is thy reproach, Vengeance I take, and I meet not a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8 - A sin hath Jerusalem sinned, Therefore impure she hath become, All who honoured her have esteemed her lightly, For they have seen her nakedness, Yea, she herself hath sighed and turneth backward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:8 - And I pass over by thee, and I see thee, And lo, thy time is a time of loves, And I spread My skirt over thee, And I cover thy nakedness, And I swear to thee, and come in to a covenant with thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And thou dost become Mine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:36 - Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy brass being poured forth, And thy nakedness is revealed in thy whoredoms near thy lovers, And near all the idols of thy abominations, And according to the blood of thy sons, Whom thou hast given to them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:37 - Therefore, lo, I am assembling all thy lovers, To whom thou hast been sweet, And all whom thou hast loved, Besides all whom thou hast hated; And I have assembled them by thee round about, And have revealed thy nakedness to them, And they have seen all thy nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:10 - The nakedness of a father hath one uncovered in thee, The defiled of impurity they humbled in thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:10 - They have uncovered her nakedness, Her sons and her daughters they have taken, And her by sword they have slain, And she is a name for women, And judgments they have done with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:18 - And she revealeth her whoredoms, And she revealeth her nakedness, And alienated is My soul from off her, As alienated was My soul from off her sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:29 - And they have dealt with thee in hatred, And they have taken all thy labour, And they have left thee naked and bare, And revealed hath been the nakedness of thy whoredoms, And the wickedness of thy whoredoms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:9 - Therefore do I turn back, And I have taken My corn in its season, And My new wine in its appointed time, And I have taken away My wool and My flax, covering her nakedness.
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