Word Study · Strong's H6173 · Hebrew

עַרְוָה

arvah

ar-vaw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻarvâh

“nakedness, i.e. (figuratively) impoverishment”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

nakedness, i.e. (figuratively) impoverishment

Rendered in the KJV as

dishonor.

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occurrencein the Old Testament
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Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
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inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 1 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

וְעַרְוַ֣ת1

How it is rendered · 1

and [the] dishonor of1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1

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AC/Ncfsc · 1

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Ezra1 occurrence

Ezra 4:14וְעַרְוַ֣תvearvatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the kinghere: and [the] dishonor of

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