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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23 - But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:12 - “No!” he said to them. “You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:26 - And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:42

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42 - “Make linen undergarments as a covering for the body, reaching from the waist to the thigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:6 - “ ‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:7 - “ ‘Do not dishonor your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; do not have relations with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:8 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; that would dishonor your father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:9 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:10 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; that would dishonor you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:11 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:12 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:14 - “ ‘Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:15 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; do not have relations with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:16 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonor your brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:17 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:18 - “ ‘Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:19 - “ ‘Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness of her monthly period.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:11 - “ ‘If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, he has dishonored his father. Both the man and the woman are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17 - “ ‘If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed from their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:18 - “ ‘If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly period, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them are to be cut off from their people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father, for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:20 - “ ‘If a man has sexual relations with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. They will be held responsible; they will die childless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:21 - “ ‘If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:14 - For the LORD your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:1 - If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 - Saul’s anger flared up at Jonathan and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared—to Egypt’s shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:3 - Your nakedness will be exposed and your shame uncovered. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8 - Jerusalem has sinned greatly and so has become unclean. All who honored her despise her, for they have all seen her naked; she herself groans and turns away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:8 - “ ‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:36 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you poured out your lust and exposed your naked body in your promiscuity with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your children’s blood,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:37 - therefore I am going to gather all your lovers, with whom you found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and will strip you in front of them, and they will see you stark naked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:10 - In you are those who dishonor their father’s bed; in you are those who violate women during their period, when they are ceremonially unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:10 - They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women, and punishment was inflicted on her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:18 - When she carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her naked body, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:29 - They will deal with you in hatred and take away everything you have worked for. They will leave you stark naked, and the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your lewdness and promiscuity

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:9 - “Therefore I will take away my grain when it ripens, and my new wine when it is ready. I will take back my wool and my linen, intended to cover her naked body.
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