H6209: עָרַר
ʻârar · pronounced aw-rar' · “to strip”
Definition
to bare; figuratively, to demolish
KJV translates it as: make bare, break, raise up (perhaps by clerical error for raze), [idiom] utterly.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) to strip, strip oneself
1b) (Poel) to lay bare
1c) (Hithpalpel) to be utterly stripped, be utterly laid bare
1d) (Pilpel) break
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6209 is translated
- they stripped bare ×1
- strip yourself ×1
- utterly demolish ×1
- it will be demolished ×1
Bible verses with H6209 (ʻârar)
ʻârar appears in 3 verses.
- Isaiah 23:13
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
- Isaiah 32:11
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
- Jeremiah 51:58
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.