Strong’s H6174 · Hebrew

עָרוֹם
ʻârôwm
aw-rome'

Definition

nude, either partially or totally

Etymology

or עָרֹם; from H6191 (עָרַם) (in its original sense);

Where the KJV renders it

  • naked

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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