עָרֵל
ʿārēl
having foreskin
Strong's H6189AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 1695b

עָרֵל (ʿārēl) is a Hebrew adjective meaning having foreskin. It appears 35 times in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6189).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1695b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1695b)having foreskin, uncircumcised; exposed
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָרֵל adjective: having foreskin, uncircumcised

Strong's H6189 עָרֵל: properly, exposed, i.e. projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
KJV:uncircumcised (person).

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 1695: עָרַל ʿāral — count as foreskin; be counted as uncircumcised; expose, remove the prepuce; count uncircumcised, foreskin to be uncovered

See it in Scripture

Genesis 17:14Exodus 6:12Leviticus 19:23

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