H6168 עָרָה (ʻârâh) aw-raw'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

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:

G343 G601 G1869 G1904 G2064 G3860 G5166 G5515

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָרָה (a.rah) — to uncover. 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)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

ערה (H6168)

verb · מֹורָה · מַעַר · מְעָרָה · מַעֲרֶה · מַעֲרֹם · עָרָה · עֶרְוָה · עֶרְיָה · תַּעַר

Uncover | verb pi

to uncover, to make bare, to strip = causative action by which humans or deities cause the outer layer covering an object to be removed

ISA 22:6 · HAB 3:13 · ZEP 2:14

Impact

to tear down literally: to make bare; hence: = causative action by which humans completely demolish a construction, uncovering its foundations

PSA 137:7 · PSA 137:7

Undress | verb hit

to make oneself naked literally: to uncover oneself; hence: = action by which humans take off their clothes and become naked, ≈ which is regarded as shameful

LAM 4:21

Undress | verb pi, verb hif

to make bare, to lay bare literally: to uncover; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to take off their clothes and become (fully or partially) naked, ≈ which is regarded as shameful

LEV 20:18 · LEV 20:19 · ISA 3:17 · HAB 3:13

Unsafe | verb pi

to leave defenseless literally: to lay bare; hence: = causative action by which deities remove their protection from humans

PSA 141:8

Non-Contain | verb pi

to empty literally: to lay bare; hence: = causative action by which humans remove the contents from a container, which is normally done by pouring it out

GEN 24:20 · 2CH 24:11

Engage | verb nif

Collocation: ערה רוּחַ

to pour out (one's) spirit literally: to pour out (one's) spirit; hence: = causative action by which deities impart their spirit on humans

ISA 32:15

Willing | verb hif

Collocation: ערה נֶפֶשׁ לַמָּוֶת

to expose (oneself) to death literally: to lay one's self bare to death; hence: = state in which humans are willing to undergo death

ISA 53:12

verb

Great | verb hit

to ascend, to rise (in status) literally: to come up; hence: = process by which humans increase in status and importance ◄ like a spreading tree

PSA 37:35

¹ HAB 3:13 NJPS "raze" NRSV REB "laying bare" = [1a] | RSV "laying bare" NIV "stripped" = [1e] ² ISA 53:12 NJPS REB "he exposed himself to death" | RSV "he poured out his soul to death" NIV "he poured out his life to death" NRSV "he poured out himself to death" cf. [1g] ³ PSA 37:35 reading מתערה as מתעלה (from עלה "to go up")

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[עָרָה] vb. be naked, bare Pi. lay bare

lay bare by removing contents, empty, water-jar

pour out

Hiph. make naked, of sexual offences

pour out

Niph. until there be poured upon us a spirit from on high

Hithp. thou shalt make thyself naked

usu. pouring himself, i.e. spreading himself out like a tree

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Bible Occurrences (14)

24:20

20:18 20:19

24:11

37:35 137:7 141:8

3:17 22:6 32:15 53:12

4:21

3:13

2:14

Genesis 24:20

And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.

Leviticus 20:18

If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her -, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.

Leviticus 20:19

You must not have sexual relations with... the sister of your mother or your father -, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.

2 Chronicles 24:11

Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily... and gathered the money in abundance.

Isaiah 3:17

the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.

Isaiah 22:6

Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots... and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.

Isaiah 32:15

until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

Isaiah 53:12

Therefore I will allot Him a portion... with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.