H6172 עֶרְוָה (ʻervâh) er-vaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

nakedness

Strong's Definition

nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)

Derivation: from H6168 (עָרָה);

KJV Usage: nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).

TWOT Reference: 1692b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda

1a) pudenda (implying shameful exposure)

1b) nakedness of a thing, indecency, improper behaviour

1c) exposed, undefended (fig.)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G152 G602 G808 G809 G2487

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֶרְוָה (er.vah) — nakedness. 1) nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda 1a) pudenda (implying shameful exposure) 1b) nakedness of a thing, indecency, improper behaviour 1c) exposed, undefended (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: ar.vah (עַרְוָה "dishonor" H6173)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עֶרְוָה (H6172)

noun f · ערה

Undress

nakedness = state in which the human body is insufficiently covered to the extent that the genitals are visible; ≈ regarded as exceedingly shameful

GEN 9:22 · GEN 9:23 · GEN 9:23 · EXO 20:26 · EXO 28:42 · ISA 47:3 · LAM 1:8 · EZK 16:8 · EZK 16:36 · EZK 16:37 · EZK 16:37 · EZK 22:10 · EZK 23:10 · EZK 23:18 · EZK 23:29 · HOS 2:11

Copulate | verb pi

Collocation: גלה עֶרְוָה

to have intercourse, to have sex literally: to uncover (someone's) nakedness; hence: = euphemistic expression denoting the action by which humans have sexual relations with other humans

LEV 18:6 · LEV 18:7 · LEV 18:7 · LEV 18:7 · LEV 18:8 · LEV 18:8 · LEV 18:9 · LEV 18:9 · LEV 18:10 · LEV 18:10 · LEV 18:10 · LEV 18:11 · LEV 18:11 · LEV 18:12 · LEV 18:13 · LEV 18:14 · LEV 18:15 · LEV 18:15 · LEV 18:16 · LEV 18:16 · LEV 18:17 · LEV 18:17 · LEV 18:18 · LEV 18:19 · LEV 20:11 · LEV 20:17 · LEV 20:18 · LEV 20:19 · LEV 20:20 · LEV 20:21

Copulate | verb qal

Collocation: ראה עֶרְוָה

to have intercourse, to have sex literally: to see (someone's) nakedness; hence: = euphemistic expression denoting the action by which humans have sexual relations with other humans

LEV 20:17 · LEV 20:17

Shame

disgrace, impropriety exact meaning unsure; literally: nakedness; hence, probably: = state in which a situation is considered shameful

DEU 23:15 · DEU 24:1 · 1SA 20:30 · ISA 20:4

Unsafe

Collocation: עֶרְוַת אֶרֶץ

weak points literally: nakedness of country; hence: = places where the defenses of a country are inadequate

GEN 42:9 · GEN 42:12

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֶרְוָה 54 n.f. nakedness, pudenda base

Bible Occurrences (40)

9:22 9:23 42:9 42:12

20:26 28:42

23:14 24:1

20:30

20:4 47:3

1:8

16:8 16:36 16:37 22:10 23:10 23:18 23:29

2:9

Genesis 9:22

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

Genesis 9:23

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across... their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Genesis 42:9

Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said..., You are spies! You have come to see if our land [is] vulnerable.

Genesis 42:12

No,... he told them. You have come to see if our land [is] vulnerable.

Exodus 20:26

And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.

Exodus 28:42

Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.

Leviticus 18:6

None of...... you are to approach any close relative... to have sexual relations.... I am the LORD.

Leviticus 18:7

You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her....