עׇרְלָה orlah

Hebrew word for “foreskin” · Strong’s H6190 · used 16 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

foreskin, uncircumcised

Senses in the lexicon

• foreskin (15)
• (Gilgal)-haaraloth (1)

How it is translated

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

• foreskin 11
• foreskins 5

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 17 (5), 1 Samuel 18 (2), Genesis 34 (1), Exodus 4 (1), Leviticus 12 (1), Leviticus 19 (1), Deuteronomy 10 (1), Joshua 5 (1), 2 Samuel 3 (1), Jeremiah 4 (1)

Forms

• ערלתו 5
• ערלות 3
• ערלת 2
• ערלתכם 1
• ערלתם 1
• ערלה 1
• ערלתיהם 1
• בערלה 1
• הערלות 1

Words used with it

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

• מוּל mul “to circumcise” 10
• בָּשָׂר basar “flesh” 6
• מִיכַל mikhal “Michal” 2
• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 3
• עָרֵל arel “uncircumcised” 2
• שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 3
• יִשְׁמָעֵאל yishmael “Ishmael” 2
• מֵאָה meah “hundred” 3
• זָכָר zakhar “male” 2
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 3
• אַבְרָהָם avraham “Abraham” 2
• דָּוִד david “David” 3

Key verses

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

• Genesis 17:11 — And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
• 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.
• Genesis 17:23 — And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house;…
• Genesis 17:24 — And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
• Genesis 34:14 — And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
• Leviticus 12:3 — And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
• Leviticus 19:23 — And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years…
• Deuteronomy 10:16 — Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
• 1 Samuel 18:25 — And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies.…
• 2 Samuel 3:14 — And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
• Jeremiah 4:4 — Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire,…
• Jeremiah 9:25 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;

See all 16 verses in the Word Atlas

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.