עָרַר
a.rar
“to strip”
Definition
to bare; figuratively, to demolish
a primitive root;
- to strip, make bare, strip oneself 1a) (Qal) to strip, strip oneself 1b) (Poel) to lay bare 1c) (Hithpalpel) to be utterly stripped, be utterly laid bare 1d) (Pilpel) break
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
עָרַר appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Look at the land of the Chaldeans —a people now of no account.The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures;they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces.They brought it to ruin.
Shudder, you ladies of leisure;tremble, you daughters of complacency.Strip yourselves bareand put sackcloth around your waists.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says:“Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled,and her high gates consumed by fire.So the labor of the people will be for nothing;the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”
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