Quick Definition
to uncover
Strong's Definition
to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover.
TWOT Reference: 1692
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be bare, be nude, uncover, leave destitute, discover, empty, raze, pour out
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to bare, lay bare
1a2) to lay bare by emptying, empty
1a3) to pour out
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to make naked, strip bare (of sexual offences)
1b2) to pour out
1c) (Niphal) to be poured out, be exposed
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to expose oneself, make oneself naked
1d2) pouring oneself, spreading oneself (participle)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to be bare, be nude, uncover, leave destitute, discover, empty, raze, pour out
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to bare, lay bare
1a2) to lay bare by emptying, empty
1a3) to pour out
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to make naked, strip bare (of sexual offences)
1b2) to pour out
1c) (Niphal) to be poured out, be exposed
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to expose oneself, make oneself naked
1d2) pouring oneself, spreading oneself (participle)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָרָה
‛ârâh
BDB Definition:
1) to be bare, be nude, uncover, leave destitute, discover, empty, raze, pour out
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to bare, lay bare
1a2) to lay bare by emptying, empty
1a3) to pour out
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to make naked, strip bare (of sexual offences)
1b2) to pour out
1c) (Niphal) to be poured out, be exposed
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to expose oneself, make oneself naked
1d2) pouring oneself, spreading oneself (participle)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1692
Total KJV Occurrences: 16