Strong's Hebrew · H6168
H6168 ʻârâh
עָרָה
aw-raw'
to uncover
ʻârâh appears 15 times in Scripture, including Genesis 24:20 and Leviticus 20:18. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish
In the King James Version
leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 15 times in Scripture
“the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.””
“Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.”
“Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.”
“I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,”
“You must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.”
“Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!””
“But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.”
“If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.”
“And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
