עָרַר
ʻârar · aw-rar'
to bare; figuratively, to demolish
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to bare; figuratively, to demolish
- to bare
- figuratively, to demolish
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: make bare, break, raise up (perhaps by clerical error for raze), [idiom] utterly.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the head, the highest › the head, the highest
To see and know of the head, the highest of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָרַר 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thereof, they raised up1 · 25%
- you, and make you bare1 · 25%
- shall be utterly1 · 25%
- broken1 · 25%
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.