עֶרְוָה ervah

Hebrew word for “nakedness” · Strong’s H6172 · used 54 times in 40 verses

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Meaning

1) nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ervah in context, with how often each is used:

• nakedness 53
• own nakedness 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 18 (14), Leviticus 20 (6), Ezekiel 16 (3), Ezekiel 23 (3), Genesis 9 (2), Genesis 42 (2), Exodus 20 (1), Exodus 28 (1), Deuteronomy 23 (1), Deuteronomy 24 (1)

Forms

• ערות 27
• ערותה 12
• ערותך 7
• וערות 3
• ערוה 2
• ערותן 2
• ערותו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ervah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• גָּלָה galah “to reveal” 28
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 13
• אָחוֹת achot “sister” 8
• אָב av “father” 12
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 10
• רָאָה raah “to see” 10
• שְׁאֵר sheer “flesh” 4
• אֵם em “mother” 6
• בַּת bat “daughter” 6
• תַּזְנוּת taznut “fornication” 3
• נִדָּה niddah “impurity” 3
• כָּסָה kasah “to cover” 4

Key verses

The verses using ervah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 9:22 — And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
• Genesis 42:9 — And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
• Deuteronomy 24:1 — When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let…
• 1 Samuel 20:30 — Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of…
• Isaiah 20:4 — So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks…
• Isaiah 47:3 — Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
• Lamentations 1:8 — Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and…
• Ezekiel 16:8 — Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I…
• Ezekiel 16:36 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of…
• Ezekiel 16:37 — Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I…
• Ezekiel 22:10 — In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
• Hosea 2:9 — Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.