עֶרְוָה
ʿerwâ
nakedness
Strong's H6172NounHebrewTWOT 1692b

עֶרְוָה (ʿerwâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning nakedness. It appears 54 times in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6172).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1692b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1692b)nakedness, pudenda; nudity; shame, unclean, uncleanness
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עֶרְוָה noun, feminine: nakedness, pudenda

Strong's H6172 עֶרְוָה: nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
KJV:nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1692: עָרָה ʿārâ — be naked, bare; lay bare, empty, pour out; make naked; pouring himself, spreading himself out; be, make, demolish; leave destitute, discover, pour, rase, spread self, uncover

See it in Scripture

Genesis 9:22Exodus 20:26Leviticus 18:6

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