עֶרְיָהʻeryâh
nakedness (Micah 1:11; Ezekiel 16:7; Habakkuk 3:9)
Pronunciation: er-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6181
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 16:39 Then I will give you to these many nations who are your lovers, and they will destroy you. They will knock down your pagan shrines and the altars to your idols. They will strip you and take your beautiful jewels, leaving you stark naked.
- Ezekiel 23:29 They will treat you with hatred and rob you of all you own, leaving you stark naked. The shame of your prostitution will be exposed to all the world.
- Micah 1:11 You people in Shaphir, go as captives into exile—naked and ashamed. The people of Zaanan dare not come outside their walls. The people of Beth-ezel mourn, for their house has no support.
- Habakkuk 3:9 You brandished your bow and your quiver of arrows. You split open the earth with flowing rivers.
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).