Definition
a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish
Traditional renderings: leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover.
Traditional renderings: leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָרָה:
- ἀποκαλύπτωapokaluptō“to reveal”29%
- ἐπαίρωepairō“to lift up”14%
- ἐπέρχομαιeperchomai“to arrive/invade”14%
- παραδίδωμιparadidōmi“to deliver”14%
- συναγωγήsunagōgē“synagogue”14%
- ἀποκάλυψιςapokalupsis“revelation”14%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
15 total
- Genesis 24:20וַתְּעַ֤ר · emptiedAnd she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.
- Leviticus 20:18הֶֽעֱרָ֔ה · he has exposedIf 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.
- Leviticus 20:19הֶעֱרָ֖ה · it is exposingYou 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.
- 2 Chronicles 24:11וִיעָ֙רוּ֙ · and emptyWhenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.
- Psalm 37:35וּ֝מִתְעָרֶ֗ה · like a well-rootedI have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Psalm 137:7עָ֤רוּ׀ · Destroy it; עָ֑רוּ · tear it downRemember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
- Psalm 141:8תְּעַ֥ר · leaveBut my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
- Isaiah 3:17יְעָרֶֽה׃ס · bare…the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
- Isaiah 22:6עֵרָ֖ה · uncoversElam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
- Isaiah 32:15יֵ֨עָרֶ֥ה · is poured out…until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
- Isaiah 53:12הֶעֱרָ֤ה · He has poured outTherefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
- Lamentations 4:21וְתִתְעָרִֽי׃ס · and expose yourselfSo rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
- Habakkuk 3:13עָר֛וֹת · and stripped himYou went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
- Zephaniah 2:14עֵרָֽה׃ · He will exposeHerds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.