עָרַר

a.rarto stripHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb4 occurrences2 books3 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to bare; figuratively, to demolish
Traditional renderings: make bare, break, raise up (perhaps by clerical error for raze), × utterly.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

4 total
  1. Isaiah 23:13עֹרְרוּ֙ · and stripped
    Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
  2. Isaiah 32:11וְעֹ֔רָה · yourselves bare
    Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
  3. Jeremiah 51:58עַרְעֵ֣ר · will be leveled; תִּתְעַרְעָ֔ר
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”