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Hebrew adjective · H6189

עָרֵל

arelaw-rale'

uncircumcised

35 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʻârêl

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6189is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 11 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 30
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6189

uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)

The King James renders it: uncircumcised (person).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

arel is rendered "uncircumcised". It stands 35 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.

  • Sixteen of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 17:14But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
  • The Greek text spells it thirty different ways.

The first use

But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

Genesis 17:14וְעָרֵ֣ל׀

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Sixteen of the word's thirty-five uses are in Ezekiel.

The other 28 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • uncircumcised15
  • the uncircumcised10
  • uncircumcised of5
  • and uncircumcised of2
  • an uncircumcised1
  • and an uncircumcised1
  • from uncircumcised1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

עָרֵםaremheapUses11
עָרֵבarebto pleaseUses8
עָרֵבarebsweetUses2
עָרֵלarelbe uncircumcisedUses2

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 35, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

30 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • הָעֲרֵלִֽים׃2
  • עַרְלֵי־2
  • עֲרֵלִ֣ים2
  • עֲרֵלִ֛ים2
  • עֲרֵלִים֙2
  • הֶֽעָרֵ֔ל1
  • הֶֽעָרֵל֙1
  • הֶעָרֵ֤ל1
  • הָעֲרֵלִ֑ים1
  • הָעֲרֵלִ֣ים1
  • הָעֲרֵלִ֨ים1
  • הָעֲרֵלִ֤ים1

and 18 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • adjective · masculine plural13HAampa
  • the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural7HTd/Aampa
  • adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HAamsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular3HTd/Aamsa
  • adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HAampc
  • adjective · masculine singular2HAamsa
  • adjective · feminine singular1HAafsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Aampc
  • conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular1HC/Aamsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Aamsc
  • preposition + adjective · masculine plural1HR/Aampa

Genesis

one use
  • But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

    Genesis 17:14

    • וְעָרֵ֣ל׀vearelconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and an uncircumcised

Exodus

three uses
  • But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”

    Exodus 6:12

    • עֲרַ֥לʾaraladjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: uncircumcised of
  • But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”

    Exodus 6:30

    • עֲרַ֣לʾaraladjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: uncircumcised of
  • If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.

    Exodus 12:48

    • עָרֵ֖לʾareladjective · masculine singulartagged: uncircumcised

Leviticus

two uses
  • When you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as forbidden. For three years it will be forbidden to you and must not be eaten.

    Leviticus 19:23

    • עֲרֵלִ֖יםʾarelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: uncircumcised
  • and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,

    Leviticus 26:41

    • הֶֽעָרֵ֔לhearelthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the uncircumcised

Joshua

one use
  • And Joshua raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones he circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.

    Joshua 5:7

    • עֲרֵלִ֣יםʾarelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: uncircumcised

Judges

two uses
  • But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”

    Judges 14:3

    • הָעֲרֵלִ֑יםhaarelimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the uncircumcised
  • And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”

    Judges 15:18

    • הָעֲרֵלִֽים׃haarelimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the uncircumcised

1 Samuel

four uses
  • Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”

    1 Samuel 14:6

    • הָעֲרֵלִ֣יםhaarelimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the uncircumcised
  • David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

    1 Samuel 17:26

    • הֶֽעָרֵל֙hearelthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the uncircumcised
  • Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

    1 Samuel 17:36

    • הֶעָרֵ֤לhearelthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the uncircumcised
  • Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

    1 Samuel 31:4

    • הָעֲרֵלִ֨יםhaarelimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the uncircumcised

2 Samuel

one use
  • Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

    2 Samuel 1:20

    • הָעֲרֵלִֽים׃haarelimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the uncircumcised

1 Chronicles

one use
  • Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

    1 Chronicles 10:4

    • הָעֲרֵלִ֤יםhaarelimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the uncircumcised

Isaiah

one use
  • Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.

    Isaiah 52:1

    • עָרֵ֥לʾareladjective · masculine singulartagged: an uncircumcised

Jeremiah

three uses
  • To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

    Jeremiah 6:10

    • עֲרֵלָ֣הʾarelahadjective · feminine singulartagged: uncircumcised
  • Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”

    Jeremiah 9:26

    • עֲרֵלִ֔יםʾarelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: uncircumcised
    • עַרְלֵי־ʾarlei-adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: uncircumcised of

Ezekiel

sixteen uses
  • You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”

    Ezekiel 28:10

    • עֲרֵלִ֛יםʾarelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: uncircumcised
  • Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”

    Ezekiel 31:18

    • עֲרֵלִ֤יםʾarelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: uncircumcised
  • Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised!

    Ezekiel 32:19

    • עֲרֵלִֽים׃ʾarelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: uncircumcised
  • Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’

    Ezekiel 32:21

    • הָעֲרֵלִ֖יםhaarelimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the uncircumcised
  • Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.

    Ezekiel 32:24

    • עֲרֵלִ֣ים׀ʾarelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: uncircumcised
  • Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.

    Ezekiel 32:25

    • עֲרֵלִ֣יםʾarelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: uncircumcised
  • Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.

    Ezekiel 32:26

    • עֲרֵלִים֙ʾarelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: uncircumcised
  • They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.

    Ezekiel 32:27

    • מֵעֲרֵלִ֑יםmearelimpreposition + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: from uncircumcised
  • But you too will be shattered and lie down among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.

    Ezekiel 32:28

    • עֲרֵלִ֛יםʾarelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: uncircumcised
  • Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.

    Ezekiel 32:29

    • עֲרֵלִ֥יםʾarelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: uncircumcised
  • All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.

    Ezekiel 32:30

    • עֲרֵלִים֙ʾarelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: uncircumcised
  • For I will spread My terror in the land of the living, so that Pharaoh and all his multitude will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.”

    Ezekiel 32:32

    • עֲרֵלִ֜יםʾarelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: uncircumcised
  • In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.

    Ezekiel 44:7

    • עַרְלֵי־ʾarlei-adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: uncircumcised of
    • וְעַרְלֵ֣יvearleiconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and uncircumcised of
  • This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.

    Ezekiel 44:9

    • עֶ֤רֶלʾereladjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: uncircumcised of
    • וְעֶ֣רֶלveerelconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and uncircumcised of

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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