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H6209 עָרַר (ʻârar) aw-rar'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to strip

Strong's Definition

to bare; figuratively, to demolish

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: make bare, break, raise up (perhaps by clerical error for raze), [idiom] utterly.

TWOT Reference: 1705

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to strip, make bare, strip oneself
1a) (Qal) to strip, strip oneself
1b) (Poel) to lay bare
1c) (Hithpalpel) to be utterly stripped, be utterly laid bare
1d) (Pilpel) break

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָרַר (a.rar) — to strip. 1) to strip, make bare, strip oneself 1a) (Qal) to strip, strip oneself 1b) (Poel) to lay bare 1c) (Hithpalpel) to be utterly stripped, be utterly laid bare 1d) (Pilpel) break

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · עֲרִירִי · עַרְעָר

Undress | verb qal | ≈ פשׁט

to strip oneself = action by which humans remove their clothes

ISA 32:11

Impact | verb pi, verb hit | ≈ שׂים לְמַפֵּלָה

to raze, to level to the ground literally: to strip (a building); hence: = causative action by which a construction is completely destroyed

ISA 23:13 · JER 51:58 · JER 51:58

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[עָרַר] vb. strip oneself Qal Is 32:11

Pō‛. they have laid bare (the foundations of) her palaces, i.e. destroyed them

Pilp. + Hithpalp. be laid utterly bare

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Bible Occurrences (3)

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