Strong's Hebrew · H6172
H6172 ʻervâh
עֶרְוָה
er-vaw'
nakedness
ʻervâh appears 53 times in Scripture, including Genesis 9:22 and Exodus 20:26. 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
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
In the King James Version
nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
Derivation
from H6168 (עָרָה);
Appears 53 times in Scripture
“None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.”
“Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.”
“And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’”
““No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.””
“You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.”
“Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.””
“And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.”
“You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.”
“Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.”
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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).
