Quick Definition
be uncircumcised
Strong's Definition
to expose or remove the prepuce, whether literal (to go naked) or figurative (to refrain from using)
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to strip; but used as denominative from H6189 (עָרֵל);
KJV Usage: count uncircumcised, foreskin to be uncovered.
TWOT Reference: 1695
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָרַל (a.rel) — be uncircumcised. 1) to remain uncircumcised, count uncircumcised, count as foreskin 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to regard as uncircumcised 1a2) to remain unharvested (fig.) 1b) (Niphal) to be counted as uncircumcised
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עָרֵל · עָרְלָה
Holy | verb qal
Collocation: ערל עָרְלָה
to regard as forbidden literally: to regard as uncircumcised; hence: = action by which humans regard agricultural products as set apart for God and therefore refrain from eating it
Undress | verb nif
to show oneself uncircumcised literally, possibly: to show oneself uncircumcised; hence: = action by which humans take off their clothes, as a result of which people can see that they are uncircumcised
1 HAB 2:16 MT HOTTP-C ESV "show your circumcision" NIV "be exposed" NJB "show your foreskin" | RSV NJPS NRSV REB GNT "stagger" = רעל
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָרַל] vb. denom. count as foreskin, i.e. as uncircumcised Qal ye shall regard its fruit as uncircumcised, and not eat it (for three years)
Niph. be counted as uncircumcised, i.e. be object of mockery
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