Arah עָרָה
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| עָרָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | arah |
| Strong's number | H6168 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to uncover |
| Occurrences | 15 in 14 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (4) |
Arah (Hebrew עָרָה, Strong's H6168) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to uncover”. It occurs 15 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to be bare, be nude, uncover, leave destitute, discover, empty, raze, pour out
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to bare, lay bare
1a2) to lay bare by emptying, empty
1a3) to pour out
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to make naked, strip bare (of sexual offences)
1b2) to pour out
1c) (Niphal) to be poured out, be exposed
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to expose oneself, make oneself naked
1d2) pouring oneself, spreading oneself (participle)
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to bare, lay bare
1a2) to lay bare by emptying, empty
1a3) to pour out
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to make naked, strip bare (of sexual offences)
1b2) to pour out
1c) (Niphal) to be poured out, be exposed
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to expose oneself, make oneself naked
1d2) pouring oneself, spreading oneself (participle)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | emptied (2), rase (2), discovered (1), uncovereth (1), spreading (1), leave (1), destitute (1), discover (1), uncovered (1), poured (1), out (1), naked (1), and 2 other renderings |
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| BSB | emptied (1), he has exposed (1), it is exposing (1), empty (1), like a well rooted (1), destroy it (1), tear it down (1), leave (1), bare (1), uncovers (1), is poured out (1), he has poured out (1), and 3 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Arah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 24:20And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.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.
Leviticus
- Leviticus 20:18And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.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.
- Leviticus 20:19And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.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.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 24:11Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.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.
Psalms
- Psalm 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Psalm 137:7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
- Psalm 141:8But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 3:17Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
- Isaiah 22:6And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
- Isaiah 32:15Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
- Isaiah 53:12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 3:13Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 2:14And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).