# H6172 עֶרְוָה

עֶרְוָה (ʻervâh), Strong’s H6172: nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish) KJV: nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).. Occurs 54 times.

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*ʻervâh* — nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)

KJV: nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).

Derived from [עָרָה ʻârâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H6168) (to be)

Occurs 54 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עֶרְוָה 54 n.f. nakedness, pudenda

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 9:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=22) — Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
- [Genesis 9:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=23) — Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of…
- [Genesis 42:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=9) — Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the…
- [Genesis 42:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=12) — He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
- [Exodus 20:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/20?v=26) — You shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’
- [Exodus 28:42](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/28?v=42) — You shall make them linen pants to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the waist even to the thighs.
- [Leviticus 18:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/18?v=6) — “‘None of you shall approach any close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
- [Leviticus 18:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/18?v=7) — “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall…
- [Leviticus 18:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/18?v=8) — “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.
- [Leviticus 18:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/18?v=9) — “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother…