עַרְוָה
ʻarvâh · H6173 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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disgrace, impropriety
Exact meaning unsure; literally: nakedness; hence, probably: state in which a situation is considered shameful
ExamplesEzra 4:14 “Now because we are in the service of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king’s shame, for this reason we have sent word and informed the king,
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מֶלֶךְking 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חֲזָאto see, to have a vision 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- בּוּשָׁה bûwshâh · H955 · shame
- Both lexemes denote negative emotional/social states (dishonor vs. shame) and genuinely overlap in sense—both could substitute in many contexts describing disgrace or loss of honor.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Shame002001002025
- Ezra 4:14 has the accusatory letter continue, “now because we are in the service of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king's shame, for this reason we have sent word and informed the king.”
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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