עֶרְיָה
erya · nakedness, bareness
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6181 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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erya (עֶרְיָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “nakedness, bareness”.
Nakedness, being uncovered or laid bare.
How to say it
er·ya
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A body without clothes, in full view.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- bare ×4
- Naked ×1
- nakedness ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ezekiel 16:7
A myriad, like the growth of the field, I made you, and you grew and became tall and came to the ornament of ornaments; your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown; yet you were naked and bare.
- Ezekiel 16:22
And in all your abominations and your prostitutions you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood.
- Ezekiel 16:39
And I will give you into their hand, and they will tear down your mound and demolish your lofty places, and they will strip you of your garments and take your objects of beauty, and leave you naked and bare.
- Ezekiel 23:29
And they will deal with you in hatred, and take all your labor, and leave you naked and bare; and the nakedness of your prostitutions will be uncovered, both your infamy and your prostitutions.
- Micah 1:11
Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame; the inhabitant of Zaanan has not come out; the lament of Beth-ezel will take from you its support.
- Habakkuk 3:9
Naked is your bow laid bare; oaths are the rods of the word. Selah. With rivers you split the earth.