עֶרְוָה
ʻervâh · er-vaw'
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6168 (עָרָה);
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
To see and know of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֶרְוָה 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
54 occurrences · 54 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the nakedness16 · 30%
- her nakedness12 · 22%
- nakedness9 · 17%
- thy nakedness3 · 6%
- their nakedness2 · 4%
- even their nakedness2 · 4%
- that thy nakedness1 · 2%
- or the nakedness1 · 2%
- is thine own nakedness1 · 2%
- his nakedness1 · 2%
- no unclean1 · 2%
- uncleanness1 · 2%
- to the shame1 · 2%
- and thy nakedness1 · 2%
- all thy nakedness1 · 2%
- and the nakedness1 · 2%
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.