עֵירֹםʻêyrôm

nudity

Pronunciation: ay-rome' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5903

Meanings

1. naked

2. nakedness

1. naked (Genesis 3:7; Genesis 3:10; Genesis 3:11)

2. nakedness (Deuteronomy 28:48; Ezekiel 16:7; Ezekiel 16:22)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 3:7 At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.
  • Genesis 3:10 He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.”
  • Genesis 3:11 “Who told you that you were naked?” the Lord God asked. “Have you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat?”
  • Deuteronomy 28:48 you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you. You will be left hungry, thirsty, naked, and lacking in everything. The Lord will put an iron yoke on your neck, oppressing you harshly until he has destroyed you.
  • Ezekiel 16:7 And I helped you to thrive like a plant in the field. You grew up and became a beautiful jewel. Your breasts became full, and your body hair grew, but you were still naked.
  • Ezekiel 16:22 In all your years of adultery and detestable sin, you have not once remembered the days long ago when you lay naked in a field, kicking about in your own blood.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).