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Lexicon :: Strong's H6172 - ʿervâ

Aa
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).
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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 H2526, the father H1 of Canaan H3667, saw H7200 the nakedness H6172 of his father H1, and told H5046 his two H8147 brothers H251 outside H2351.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23 - But Shem H8035 and Japheth H3315 took H3947 a garment H8071 and laid H7760 it on both H8147 their shoulders H7926 and walked H1980 backward H322 and covered H3680 the nakedness H6172 of their father H1; and their faces H6440 were [fn]turned H322 away H322, so that they did not see H7200 their father’s H1 nakedness H6172.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - And Joseph H3130 remembered H2142 the dreams H2472 which H834 he [fn]had H2492 about them, and he said H559 to them, “You are spies H7270; you have come H935 to look H7200 at the [fn]undefended H6172 parts H6172 of our land H776.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:12 - Yet he said H559 to them, “No H3808, but you have come H935 to look H7200 at the [fn]undefended H6172 parts H6172 of our land H776!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:26 - ‘And you shall not go H5927 up H5927 by steps H4609 to My altar H4196, so H834 that H834 your nakedness H6172 will not be exposed H1540 on it.’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42 - “You shall make H6213 for them linen H906 undergarments H4370 to cover H3680 their bare H6172 flesh H1320; they shall [fn]reach H1961 from the waist H4975 even to the thighs H3409.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:6 -

‘None H376 H3808 of you shall approach H7126 any H3605 blood H7607 relative H7607 H1320 [fn]of his to uncover H1540 nakedness H6172; I am the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:7 - ‘You shall not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of your father H1, that is, the nakedness H6172 of your mother H517. She is your mother H517; you are not to uncover H1540 her nakedness H6172.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:8 - ‘You shall not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of your father’s H1 wife H802; it is your father’s H1 nakedness H6172.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:9 - As for the nakedness H6172 of your sister H269, either your father’s H1 daughter H1323 or H176 your mother’s H517 daughter H1323, whether born H4138 in the household H1004 or H176 born H4138 outside H2351 the household, you shall not uncover H1540 their nakedness H6172.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:10 - ‘The nakedness H6172 of your son’s H1121 daughter H1323 or H176 your daughter’s H1323 daughter H1323, their nakedness H6172 you shall not uncover H1540; for [fn]their nakedness H6172 is yours.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:11 - ‘The nakedness H6172 of your father’s H1 wife’s H802 daughter H1323, born H4138 to your father H1, she is your sister H269; you shall not uncover H1540 her nakedness H6172.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:12 - ‘You shall not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of your father’s H1 sister H269; she is your father’s H1 blood H7607 relative H7607.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13 - ‘You shall not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of your mother’s H517 sister H269, for she is your mother’s H517 blood H7607 relative H7607.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:14 - ‘You shall not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of your father’s H1 brother H251. You shall not approach H7126 his wife H802; she is your aunt H1733.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:15 - ‘You shall not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of your daughter-in-law H3618. She is your son’s H1121 wife H802; you shall not uncover H1540 her nakedness H6172.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:16 - ‘You shall not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of your brother’s H251 wife H802; it is your brother’s H251 nakedness H6172.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:17 - ‘You shall not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of a woman H802 and of her daughter H1323, nor H3808 shall you take H3947 her son’s H1121 daughter H1323 or her daughter’s H1323 daughter H1323, to uncover H1540 her nakedness H6172; they are blood H7607 relatives H7607. It is an outrageous H2154 sin H2154.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:18 - ‘And you shall not [fn]marry H3947 a woman H802 in H413 addition H413 to H413 her sister H269 [fn]as a second H6887 wife H6887 while she is alive H2416, to uncover H1540 her nakedness H6172.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:19 -

‘Also you shall not approach H7126 a woman H802 to uncover H1540 her nakedness H6172 during her menstrual H5079 impurity H2932.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:11 - ‘If there is a man H376 who H834 sleeps H7901 with his father’s H1 wife H802, he has uncovered H1540 his father’s H1 nakedness H6172. Both H8147 of them must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191, they have brought their [fn]own deaths H1818 upon themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17 -

‘If there is a man H376 who H834 takes H3947 his sister H269, his father’s H1 daughter H1323 or H176 his mother’s H517 daughter H1323, so that he sees H7200 her nakedness H6172 and she sees H7200 his nakedness H6172, it is a disgrace H2617; and they shall be cut H3772 off H3772 in the sight H5869 of the sons H1121 of their people H5971. He has uncovered H1540 his sister’s H269 nakedness H6172; he bears H5375 his guilt H5771.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:18 - ‘If there is a man H376 who H834 sleeps H7901 with a menstruous H1739 woman H802 and uncovers H1540 her nakedness H6172, he has exposed H6168 her flow H4726, and she has uncovered H1540 the flow H4726 of her blood H1818; so both H8147 of them shall be cut H3772 off H3772 from among H7130 their people H5971.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 - ‘You shall also not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of your mother’s H517 sister H269 or of your father’s H1 sister H269, for such a one has uncovered H6168 his [fn]blood H7607 relative H7607; they will bear H5375 their guilt H5771.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:20 - ‘If there is a man H376 who H834 sleeps H7901 with his uncle’s H1733 wife H1733, he has uncovered H1540 his uncle’s H1730 nakedness H6172; they will bear H5375 their sin H2399. They will die H4191 childless H6185.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:21 - ‘If there is a man H376 who H834 takes H3947 his brother’s H251 wife H802, it is [fn]detestable H5079; he has uncovered H1540 his brother’s H251 nakedness H6172. They will be childless H6185.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:14 - “Since H3588 the LORD H3068 your God H430 walks H1980 in the midst H7130 of your camp H4264 to save H5337 you and to [fn]defeat H5414 your enemies H340 before H6440 you, your camp H4264 must be holy H6918; so He must not see H7200 [fn]anything H1697 indecent H6172 among you [fn]or He will turn H7725 away H7725 from you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:1 -

“When H3588 a man H376 takes H3947 a wife H802 and marries H1166 her, and it happens H1961, if she finds H4672 no H3808 favor H2580 in his eyes H5869 because H3588 he has found H4672 some H1697 indecency H6172 in her, that he writes H3789 her a certificate H5612 of divorce H3748, puts H5414 it in her hand H3027, and [fn]sends H7971 her away H7971 from his house H1004,

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 -

Then Saul’s H7586 anger H639 burned H2734 against Jonathan H3083, and he said H559 to him, “You son H1121 of a perverse H5753, rebellious H4780 woman! Do I not know H3045 that you are choosing H977 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 to your own shame H1322, and to the shame H1322 of your mother’s H517 nakedness H6172?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - so H3651 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 will lead H5090 away H5090 the captives H7628 of Egypt H4714 and the exiles H1546 of Cush H3568, young H5288 and old H2205, naked H6174 and barefoot H3182 with buttocks H8351 uncovered H2834, to the [fn]shame H6172 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:3 -

“Your nakedness H6172 will be uncovered H1540,

Your shame H2781 will also H1571 be exposed H7200;

I will take H3947 vengeance H5359 and will not spare H6293 anyone H120.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8 -

Jerusalem H3389 sinned H2398 greatly H2399,

Therefore H5921 H3651 she has become H1961 an [fn]object H5206 of H5206 ridicule H5206.

All H3605 who honored H3513 her despise H2151 her

Because H3588 they have seen H7200 her nakedness H6172;

Even H1571 she herself H1931 groans H584 and turns H7725 away H268.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:8 -

“Then I passed H5674 by you and saw H7200 you, and behold H2009, [fn]you were at the time H6256 for love H1730; so I spread H6566 My [fn]garment H3671 over H5921 you and covered H3680 your nakedness H6172. I also swore H7650 an H7650 oath H7650 to you and entered H935 into a covenant H1285 with you so that you became H1961 Mine,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:36 - This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “Because H3282 your lewdness H5178 was poured H8210 out H8210 and your nakedness H6172 uncovered H1540 through your obscene H8457 practices H8457 with your lovers H157 and with all H3605 your detestable H8441 idols H1544, and because of the blood H1818 of your sons H1121 that H834 you gave H5414 to [fn]idols,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:37 - therefore H3651, behold H2009, I am going to gather H6908 all H3605 your lovers H157 whom H834 you pleased H6149, all H3605 those whom H834 you loved H157 as H5921 well H5921 as H5921 all H3605 those whom H834 you hated H8130. So I will gather H6908 them against H5921 you from every H5439 direction H5439 and expose H1540 your nakedness H6172 to them so that they may see H7200 all H3605 your nakedness H6172.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:10 - “Among you [fn]they have uncovered H1540 their fathers’ H1 nakedness H6172; among you they have abused H6031 her who was unclean H2931 in her menstruation H5079.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:10 - “They uncovered H1540 her nakedness H6172; they took H3947 her sons H1121 and her daughters H1323, but they killed H2026 her with the sword H2719. So she became H1961 a [fn]subject H8034 of H8034 gossip H8034 among women H802, and they executed H6213 judgments H8196 on her.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:18 - “She exposed H1540 her obscene H8457 practices H8457 and exposed H1540 her nakedness H6172; then [fn]I turned H3363 away H3363 from her in H3363 disgust H3363, just H834 as H834 [fn]I had turned H5361 away H5361 from her sister H269 in H5361 disgust H5361.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:29 - ‘They will deal H6213 with you in hatred H8135, take H3947 all H3605 your property H3018, and leave H5800 you naked H5903 and bare H6181. And the nakedness H6172 of your prostitution H2183 will be exposed H1540, both your outrageous H2154 sin H2154 and your obscene H8457 practices H8457.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:9 -

“Therefore H3651, I will [fn]take H3947 back H7725 My grain H1715 at [fn]harvest time H6256

And My new H8492 wine H8492 in its season H4150.

I will also take H5337 away H5337 My wool H6785 and My flax H6593

That I gave to cover H3680 her nakedness H6172.

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