Strong’s H6169 · Hebrew

עָרָה
ʻârâh
aw-raw'

Definition

a naked (i.e. level) plot

Etymology

feminine from H6168 (עָרָה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • paper reed

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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