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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - עֶרְוָה

עֶרְוָה

H6172

Transliteration: ʻervâh

Pronunciation: er-vaw'

Definition: nakedness


Original: ערוה

Transliteration: ‛ervâh

Phonetic: er-vaw'

BDB Definition:

  1. nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda
    1. pudenda (implying shameful exposure)
    2. nakedness of a thing, indecency, improper behaviour
    3. exposed, undefended (figuratively)

Origin: from H6168" class="dictionary-topic-link">H6168

TWOT entry: 1692b

Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine


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