ʻârâh — H6168

Definition

verb

to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish

1. to be bare, be nude, uncover, leave destitute, discover, empty, raze, pour out
1. (Piel)
1. to bare, lay bare
2. to lay bare by emptying, empty
3. to pour out
2. (Hiphil)
1. to make naked, strip bare (of sexual offences)
2. to pour out
3. (Niphal) to be poured out, be exposed
4. (Hithpael)
1. to expose oneself, make oneself naked
2. pouring oneself, spreading oneself (participle)

Usually translated as

leave destitute, discover, make naked, uncover, empty, pour, rase, spread self

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• anakalýptō (G343)
• apokalýptō (G601)
• epaírō (G1869)
• epérchomai (G1904)
• érchomai (G2064)
• paradídōmi (G3860)
• trygáō (G5166)
• chlōrós (G5515)

Occurrences

ʻârâh occurs 13 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Leviticus (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Psalms (2), Isaiah (4), Lamentations (1), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1)

• Genesis 24:20 — And she hasted, and emptied (וַתְּעַ֤ר) her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
• Leviticus 20:18 — And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered (הֶֽעֱרָ֔ה) her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
• Leviticus 20:19 — And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth (הֶעֱרָ֖ה) his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
• 2 Chronicles 24:11 — Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied (וִיעָ֙רוּ֙) the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
• Psalms 37:35 — I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself (וּ֝מִתְעָרֶ֗ה) like a green bay tree.
• Psalms 141:8 — But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute (תְּעַ֥ר).
• Isaiah 3:17 — Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover (יְעָרֶֽה) their secret parts.
• Isaiah 22:6 — And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered (עֵרָ֖ה) the shield.
• Isaiah 32:15 — Until the spirit be poured (יֵ֨עָרֶ֥ה) upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
• Isaiah 53:12 — Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out (הֶעֱרָ֤ה) his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
• Lamentations 4:21 — Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked (וְתִתְעָרִֽי).
• Habakkuk 3:13 — Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering (עָר֛וֹת) the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
• Zephaniah 2:14 — And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover (עֵרָֽה) the cedar work.