arel · uncircumcised

What it means

arel (עָרֵל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “uncircumcised”.

A male who does not bear the sign of the covenant.

How to say it

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

1. A man without the covenant sign; said with scorn.
2. Closed, not listening: "uncircumcised heart".

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• uncircumcised ×33
• am slow ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Exodus×3
• Leviticus×2
• Joshua×1
• Judges×2
• 1 Samuel×4
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×3
• Ezekiel×16

• Genesis 17:14

  But an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

• Exodus 6:12

  But Moses spoke before YHWH, saying, “Look, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am slow of lips?”

• Exodus 6:30

  But Moses said before YHWH, “Look, I am slow of lips; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?”

• Exodus 12:48

  If a resident alien resides with you and would keep the Passover to YHWH, let all his males be circumcised; then he may come near to keep it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man shall eat of it.

• Leviticus 19:23

  And when you come into the land and plant any tree for food, you shall regard its fruit as uncircumcised; three years it shall be uncircumcised to you; it shall not be eaten.

• Leviticus 26:41

  I also walked with them in opposition and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and then they accept the payment for their iniquity,

• Joshua 5:7

  And their sons, whom he raised up in their place, them Joshua circumcised, for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way.

• Judges 14:3

  But his father and his mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife from the Philistines, the uncircumcised?” And Samson said to his father, “Take her for me, for she is right in my eyes.”

• Judges 15:18

  And he became very thirsty, and he called to YHWH and said, “You have given into the hand of your servant this great salvation, and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?”

• 1 Samuel 14:6

  Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come, let us cross over to the post of these uncircumcised; perhaps YHWH will act for us, for there is no hindrance for YHWH to save by many or by few.”

• 1 Samuel 17:26

  David said to the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who strikes that Philistine and removes the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should reproach the battle lines of the living Elohim?”

• 1 Samuel 17:36

  Both the lion and the bear your servant has struck; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has reproached the battle lines of the living Elohim.”

• 1 Samuel 31:4

  Saul said to the one who carried his weapons, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and run me through and abuse me.” But the one who carried his weapons was not willing, for he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

• 2 Samuel 1:20

  Do not report it in Gath, do not carry the news to the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

• 1 Chronicles 10:4

  And Saul said to the one who carried his weapons, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.” But the one who carried his weapons was not willing, for he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

• Isaiah 52:1

  Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your garments of beauty, Jerusalem, the holy city; for never again will there come into you the uncircumcised or the unclean.

• Jeremiah 6:10

  To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Look, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot pay attention; look, the word of YHWH has become to them a reproach; they take no pleasure in it.

• Jeremiah 9:26

  Egypt and Judah and Edom and the sons of Ammon and Moab and all who are clipped at the temples, who live in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”

• Ezekiel 28:10

  The deaths of the uncircumcised you will die by the hand of strangers; for I have spoken, declares Adonai YHWH.’”

• Ezekiel 31:18

  To whom are you like, thus, in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? And you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the land below; in the midst of the uncircumcised you will lie, with those slain by the sword. That is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares Adonai YHWH.’”

• Ezekiel 32:19

  Whom do you surpass in pleasantness? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.

• Ezekiel 32:21

  The mighty ones of the mighty men will speak to him from the midst of Sheol, with his helpers: ‘They have gone down, they lie there, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’

• Ezekiel 32:24

  There is Elam and all her multitude around her grave, all of them slain, those fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the land of the depths, who put their terror in the land of the living; and they bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.

• Ezekiel 32:25

  In the midst of the slain they have set a bed for her with all her multitude; around him are her graves, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for their terror was put in the land of the living, and they bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit; in the midst of the slain he was put.

• Ezekiel 32:26

  There are Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude; around him are her graves, all of them uncircumcised, pierced by the sword; for they put their terror in the land of the living.

• Ezekiel 32:27

  And they do not lie with the mighty men who fell from among the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and they put their swords under their heads, and their iniquities were on their bones; for the terror of mighty men was in the land of the living.

• Ezekiel 32:28

  And you, in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken, and you will lie with those slain by the sword.

• Ezekiel 32:29

  There is Edom, her kings and all her chiefs, who were put in their might with those slain by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised and with those who go down to the pit.

• Ezekiel 32:30

  There are the princes of the north, all of them, and every Sidonian, who went down with the slain with their terror, because of their might ashamed; and they lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword, and they bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.

• Ezekiel 32:32

  For I have put my terror in the land of the living; and he will be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares Adonai YHWH.”

• Ezekiel 44:7

  when you brought foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, my house, when you presented my bread, fat and blood; and they broke my covenant by all your abominations.

• Ezekiel 44:9

  Thus says Adonai YHWH: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter my sanctuary, of any foreigner who is among the sons of Israel.

And 3 more times.