עָרֵל arel

Hebrew word for “uncircumcised” · Strong’s H6189 · used 35 times in 32 verses

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Meaning

uncircumcised, having foreskin

How it is translated

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

• uncircumcised 21
• uncircumcised men 11
• uncircumcised man 2
• uncircumcised men? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 32 (10), Exodus 6 (2), 1 Samuel 17 (2), Ezekiel 44 (2), Genesis 17 (1), Exodus 12 (1), Leviticus 19 (1), Leviticus 26 (1), Joshua 5 (1), Judges 14 (1)

Forms

• ערלים 13
• הערלים 7
• ערל 5
• הערל 3
• וערל 2
• ערלי 2
• ערלה 1
• מערלים 1
• וערלי 1

Words used with it

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

• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 12
• חִתִּית chittit “terror” 6
• חָלָל chalal “slain” 8
• שָׁכַב shakhav “to lie down” 8
• אֵת et “with” 11
• יָרַד yarad “to go down” 8
• הָמוֹן hamon “crowd” 5
• חַי chay “alive” 7
• תָּוֶךְ tavekh “midst” 6
• בּוֹר bor “pit” 4
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 6
• נָפַל naphal “to fall” 5

Key verses

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

• Genesis 17:14 — And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
• Leviticus 26:41 — And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they…
• 1 Samuel 14:6 — And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work…
• 1 Samuel 17:26 — And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for…
• 1 Samuel 17:36 — Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
• 1 Samuel 31:4 — Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But…
• Isaiah 52:1 — Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the…
• Jeremiah 6:10 — To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto…
• Jeremiah 9:26 — Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations…
• Ezekiel 31:18 — To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of…
• Ezekiel 32:24 — There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of…
• Ezekiel 44:7 — In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house,…

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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.