Occurrences
ʻorlâh occurs 15 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (6), Exodus (1), Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (1), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (1), Jeremiah (2)
- Genesis 17:11 — And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin (עָרְלַתְכֶ֑ם); and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
- Genesis 17:14 — And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin (עָרְלָת֔וֹ) is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
- Genesis 17:23 — And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin (עָרְלָתָ֗ם) in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
- Genesis 17:24 — And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin (עָרְלָתֽוֹ).
- Genesis 17:25 — And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin (עָרְלָתֽוֹ).
- Genesis 34:14 — And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised (עָרְלָ֑ה); for that were a reproach unto us:
- Exodus 4:25 — Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin (עָרְלַ֣ת) of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
- Leviticus 12:3 — And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin (עָרְלָתֽוֹ) shall be circumcised.
- Deuteronomy 10:16 — Circumcise therefore the foreskin (עָרְלַ֣ת) of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
- Joshua 5:3 — And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins (הָעֲרָלֽוֹת).
- 1 Samuel 18:25 — And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins (עָרְל֣וֹת) of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 18:27 — Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins (עָרְלֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם), and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
- 2 Samuel 3:14 — And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins (עָרְל֥וֹת) of the Philistines.
- Jeremiah 4:4 — Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins (עָרְל֣וֹת) of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
- Jeremiah 9:25 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised (בְּעָרְלָֽה);