Strong's #6172: `ervah (pronounced er-vaw')
from 6168; nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish):--nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
‛ervâh
1) nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda
1a) pudenda (implying shameful exposure)
1b) nakedness of a thing, indecency, improper behaviour
1c) exposed, undefended (figuratively)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: from H6168
Usage:
This word is used 54 times:
Genesis 9:22: "of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren"
Genesis 9:23: "backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw"
Genesis 9:23: "and they saw not their father's nakedness."
Genesis 42:9: "are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come."
Genesis 42:12: "them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come."
Exodus 20:26: "unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon."
Exodus 28:42: "them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto"
Leviticus 18:6: "to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD."
Leviticus 18:7: " The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother;"
Leviticus 18:7: "The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother;"
Leviticus 18:7: "is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness."
Leviticus 18:8: " The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness."
Leviticus 18:8: "uncover: it is thy father's nakedness."
Leviticus 18:9: " The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born"
Leviticus 18:9: "or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover."
Leviticus 18:10: " The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not"
Leviticus 18:10: "or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs"
Leviticus 18:10: "uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness."
Leviticus 18:11: " The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister,"
Leviticus 18:11: "is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness."
Leviticus 18:12: "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman."
Leviticus 18:13: "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's"
Leviticus 18:14: "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to"
Leviticus 18:15: "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not"
Leviticus 18:15: "wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness."
Leviticus 18:16: "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness."
Leviticus 18:16: "wife: it is thy brother's nakedness."
Leviticus 18:17: "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take"
Leviticus 18:17: "or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness."
Leviticus 18:18: "her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life"
Leviticus 18:19: "unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness."
Leviticus 20:11: "wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood"
Leviticus 20:17: "daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness;"
Leviticus 20:17: "and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight"
Leviticus 20:17: "of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity."
Leviticus 20:18: "having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she"
Leviticus 20:19: "And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for"
Leviticus 20:20: "his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless."
Leviticus 20:21: "is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless."
Deuteronomy 23:14: "holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from"
Deuteronomy 24:1: "because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give"
1 Samuel 20:30: "to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?"
Isaiah 20:4: "and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt."
Isaiah 47:3: " Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not"
Lamentations 1:8: "all that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she"
Ezekiel 16:8: "my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with"
Ezekiel 16:36: "Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers,"
Ezekiel 16:37: "them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see"
Ezekiel 16:37: "unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness."
Ezekiel 22:10: "In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution."
