Word Study · Strong's H6172 · Hebrew
עֶרְוָה
ervah
er-vaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻervâh
“nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
Rendered in the KJV as
nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
- 54occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 25inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 54 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 25
- עֶרְוַ֥ת17
- עֶרְוַ֣ת5
- עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃ ס3
- וְעֶרְוַ֥ת2
- עֶרְוָ֑ה2
- עֶרְוַ֨ת2
- עֶרְוָתָ֔הּ2
- עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃2
- עֶרְוָתְךָ֖2
- עֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְ2
- וְעֶרְוַ֨ת1
- עֶרְוַ֤ת1
and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- [the] nakedness of25
- nakedness her12
- nakedness your6
- and [the] nakedness of3
- [is] [the] nakedness of2
- nakedness2
- nakedness their2
- [are] own nakedness your1
- nakedness his1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)27
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular12
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular5
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- noun · feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine plural2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc · 27
- HNcfsc/Sp3fs · 12
- HNcfsc/Sp2fs · 5
- HC/Ncfsc · 3
- HNcfsa · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp2ms · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp3fp · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 1
All 54, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Leviticus32 of 54 · 59%
- Ezekiel8 of 54 · 15%
- Genesis5 of 54 · 9%
- Exodus2 of 54 · 4%
- Deuteronomy2 of 54 · 4%
Leviticus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis5 occurrences
- Genesis 9:22עֶרְוַ֣תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.here: [the] nakedness of
- Genesis 9:23עֶרְוַ֣תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.here: [the] nakedness of
- Genesis 9:23וְעֶרְוַ֥תveervatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.here: and [the] nakedness of
- Genesis 42:9עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”here: [the] nakedness of
- Genesis 42:12עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”here: [the] nakedness of
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 20:26עֶרְוָתְךָ֖ʾervatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularAnd you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’here: nakedness your
- Exodus 28:42עֶרְוָ֑הʾervahnoun · feminine singularMake linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.here: nakedness
Leviticus32 occurrences
- Leviticus 18:6עֶרְוָ֑הʾervahnoun · feminine singularNone of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.here: nakedness
- Leviticus 18:7עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.here: [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 18:7וְעֶרְוַ֥תveervatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.here: and [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 18:7עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃ סʾervatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularYou must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.here: nakedness her
- Leviticus 18:8עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.here: [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 18:8עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.here: [is] [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 18:9עֶרְוַ֨תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.here: [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 18:9עֶרְוָתָֽן׃ סʾervatannoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine pluralYou must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.here: nakedness their
- Leviticus 18:10עֶרְוַ֤תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.here: [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 18:10עֶרְוָתָ֑ןʾervatannoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine pluralYou must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.here: nakedness their
- Leviticus 18:10עֶרְוָתְךָ֖ʾervatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYou must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.here: [are] own nakedness your
- Leviticus 18:11עֶרְוַ֨תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.here: [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 18:11עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃ סʾervatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularYou must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.here: nakedness her
- Leviticus 18:12עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.here: [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 18:13עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.here: [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 18:14עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.here: [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 18:15עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.here: [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 18:15עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃ סʾervatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularYou must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.here: nakedness her
- Leviticus 18:16עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.here: [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 18:16עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.here: [is] [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 18:17עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.here: [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 18:17עֶרְוָתָ֔הּʾervatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularYou must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.here: nakedness her
- Leviticus 18:18עֶרְוָתָ֛הּʾervatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularYou must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.here: nakedness her
- Leviticus 18:19עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃ʾervatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularYou must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.here: nakedness her
- Leviticus 20:11עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.here: [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 20:17עֶרְוָתָ֜הּʾervatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularIf a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.here: nakedness her
- Leviticus 20:17עֶרְוָתוֹ֙ervatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularIf a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.here: nakedness his
- Leviticus 20:17עֶרְוַ֧תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.here: [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 20:18עֶרְוָתָהּ֙ʾervatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularIf a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.here: nakedness her
- Leviticus 20:19וְעֶרְוַ֨תveervatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.here: and [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 20:20עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.here: [the] nakedness of
- Leviticus 20:21עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has uncovered the nakedness of his brother; they shall be childless.here: [the] nakedness of
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 23:14עֶרְוַ֣תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.here: [the] nakedness of
- Deuteronomy 24:1עֶרְוַ֣תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.here: [the] nakedness of
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 20:4עֶרְוַ֥תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.here: [the] nakedness of
- Isaiah 47:3עֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְʾervatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularYour nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”here: nakedness your
Ezekiel8 occurrences
- Ezekiel 16:8עֶרְוָתֵ֑ךְʾervatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThen I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.here: nakedness your
- Ezekiel 16:36עֶרְוָתֵ֔ךְʾervatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThis is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,here: nakedness your
- Ezekiel 16:37עֶרְוָתֵךְ֙ʾervatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartherefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.here: nakedness your
- Ezekiel 16:37עֶרְוָתֵֽךְ׃ʾervatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartherefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.here: nakedness your
- Ezekiel 22:10עֶרְוַת־ʾervat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.here: [the] nakedness of
- Ezekiel 23:10עֶרְוָתָהּ֒ʾervatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThey exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgment against her.here: nakedness her
- Ezekiel 23:18עֶרְוָתָ֑הּʾervatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularWhen Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.here: nakedness her
- Ezekiel 23:29עֶרְוַ֣תʾervatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuityhere: [the] nakedness of