עֶרְוָה (er.vah) means “nakedness” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: er-vaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עֶרְוָה · er.vah · nakedness
1) nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda 1a) pudenda (implying shameful exposure) 1b) nakedness of a thing, indecency, improper behaviour 1c) exposed, undefended (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: ar.vah (עַרְוָה "dishonor" H6173)
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from H6168 (עָרָה); nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
KJV glosses: nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| have sexual relations with | 7 |
| her nakedness | 4 |
| nakedness | 4 |
| the nakedness | 4 |
| your nakedness | 4 |
| is vulnerable | 2 |
| bare | 1 |
| expose the nakedness | 1 |
| have sexual relations with both | 1 |
| indecency | 1 |
| naked | 1 |
| shame | 1 |
| so that the shame | 1 |
| unclean | 1 |
| who bore you | 1 |
| would dishonor | 1 |
| would shame | 1 |
| would shame your family | 1 |
| you | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the nakedness | 16 |
| her nakedness | 12 |
| nakedness | 10 |
| their nakedness | 3 |
| thy nakedness | 3 |
| all thy nakedness | 1 |
| and the nakedness | 1 |
| and thy nakedness | 1 |
| his nakedness | 1 |
| no unclean | 1 |
| or the nakedness | 1 |
| that thy nakedness | 1 |
| thine own nakedness | 1 |
| to the shame | 1 |
| uncleanness | 1 |
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And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
Read word by wordThen Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
Read word by wordJoseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
Read word by word“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
Read word by wordAnd you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’
Read word by wordMake linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.
Read word by wordNone of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.
Read word by wordYou must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
Read word by wordYou must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
Read word by wordYou must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
Read word by wordYou must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.
Read word by wordYou must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
Read word by wordYou must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
Read word by wordYou must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
Read word by wordYou must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.
Read word by wordYou must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.
Read word by wordYou must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.
Read word by wordYou must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
Read word by wordYou must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.
Read word by wordYou must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.
Read word by wordIf a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Read word by wordIf a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.
Read word by wordIf a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.
Read word by wordYou must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.
Read word by wordIf a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.
Read word by wordIf a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has uncovered the nakedness of his brother; they shall be childless.
Read word by wordFor the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 23.15
If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
Read word by wordThen Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?
Read word by wordso the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
Read word by wordYour nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
Read word by wordJerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
Read word by wordThen I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
Read word by wordThis is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
Read word by wordtherefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.
Read word by wordIn you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.
Read word by wordThey exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgment against her.
Read word by wordWhen Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.
Read word by wordThey will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity
Read word by wordTherefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.11
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