עֵירֹם
ʻêyrôm · ay-rome'
nudity
Lexicon
Derivation: or עֵרֹם; from H6191 (עָרַם);
nudity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: naked(-ness).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the hand that works › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To see and know of the hand that works of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֵירֹם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thee naked2 · 20%
- the naked2 · 20%
- that they were naked1 · 10%
- was naked1 · 10%
- thee that thou wast naked1 · 10%
- and in nakedness1 · 10%
- whereas thou wast naked1 · 10%
- when thou wast naked1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.