Definition

to expose or remove the prepuce, whether literal (to go naked) or figurative (to refrain from using)

Etymology

a primitive root; properly, to strip; but used as denominative from H6189 (עָרֵל);

Where the KJV renders it

• count uncircumcised
• foreskin to be uncovered

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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