Hebrew noun (feminine) · H6190
עׇרְלָה
orlahor-law'
(Gilgal)-haaraloth
16 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻorlâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6190is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6190
the prepuce
The King James renders it: foreskin, [phrase] uncircumcised.
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
orlah is rendered "(Gilgal)-haaraloth". It stands 16 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Six of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 17:11You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
Genesis 17:11עָרְלַתְכֶ֑ם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's sixteen uses are in Genesis.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- foreskin his4
- foreskins of3
- foreskin of2
- a foreskin1
- foreskin its1
- foreskin their1
- foreskin your1
- foreskins their1
- in a foreskin1
- the foreskins1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עׇרְמָה | ormah | craftiness | Uses5 |
The words it stands beside
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 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
- עָרְלָתֽוֹ׃3
- עָרְל֣וֹת2
- עָרְלַ֣ת2
- בְּעָרְלָֽה׃1
- הָעֲרָלֽוֹת׃1
- עָרְלָ֑ה1
- עָרְל֥וֹת1
- עָרְלָת֔וֹ1
- עָרְלָת֖וֹ1
- עָרְלֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם1
- עָרְלַתְכֶ֑ם1
- עָרְלָתָ֗ם1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular5HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HNcfpc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcfsc
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcfpc/Sp3mp
- noun · feminine singular1HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1HNcfsc/Sp2mp
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcfsc/Sp3mp
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1HTd/Ncfpa
Genesis
six uses
You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
- עָרְלַתְכֶ֑םʾarelatkhemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: foreskin your
But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
- עָרְלָת֔וֹarelatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: foreskin his
On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.
- עָרְלָתָ֗םʾarelatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: foreskin their
So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
- עָרְלָתֽוֹ׃arelatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: foreskin his
and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
- עָרְלָתֽוֹ׃arelatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: foreskin his
“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
- עָרְלָ֑הʾarelahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a foreskin
Exodus
one use
But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
- עָרְלַ֣תʾarelatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: foreskin of
Leviticus
two uses
And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.
- עָרְלָתֽוֹ׃arelatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: foreskin his
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.
- עָרְלָת֖וֹarelatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: foreskin its
Deuteronomy
one use
Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
- עָרְלַ֣תʾarelatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: foreskin of
Joshua
one use
So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.
- הָעֲרָלֽוֹת׃haaralotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the foreskins
1 Samuel
two uses
Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
- עָרְל֣וֹתarelotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: foreskins of
David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
- עָרְלֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םʾareloteihemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: foreskins their
2 Samuel
one use
Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
- עָרְל֥וֹתarelotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: foreskins of
Jeremiah
two uses
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
- עָרְל֣וֹתarelotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: foreskins of
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:
- בְּעָרְלָֽה׃bearelahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in a foreskin
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.