Definition

nakedness, i.e. (figuratively) impoverishment

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H6172 (עֶרְוָה);

Word family

• עֶרְוָה ʻervâh

How the KJV renders it

• dishonor

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.