1. nakedness, bareness — The state of being unclothed or exposed, used both literally of bodily nakedness and figuratively of vulnerability and destitution (especially in Ezekiel's allegory of Jerusalem). Hindi 'निर्वस्त्र/नग्न/नंगी' (nirvastra/nagn/nangī, unclothed), Arabic 'عَارِيَةً/عَرَاءَ/عُرْيَانَةً' (ʿāriyatan/ʿarāʾ/ʿuryānatan, naked/bare), Korean '헐벗은/벌거벗음' (heolbeoseun/beolgeobeosum, stripped bare), Swahili 'bila nguo/uchi/tupu' (without clothes/naked/bare), Spanish 'descubierta/desnudez/desnudo' (exposed/nakedness/naked) — all consistently denote exposure and lack of covering. 6×
AR["عَرَاءَ","عُرْيَانَةً","وَعَارِيَةً","وَعَارِيَةٌ","وَمُكَشَّفَةً"]·ben["আর-নগ্ন।","উলঙ্গতায়","এবং-নগ্ন","ও-নগ্ন","নগ্নতায়-"]·DE["[ועריה]","[עריה]"]·EN["and-bare","bare","nakedness-"]·FR["et-nu","nu"]·heb["ו-עריה","עריה","עריה-"]·HI["और-नग्न","और-निर्वस्त्र","नंगी","नग्न-"]·ID["Telanjang","dan-bugil","dan-tidak-berbusana,","dan-tidak-berbusana.","telanjang-"]·IT["e-la-sua-nudità","nudità"]·jav["Kawiyak","lan-mlompong","lan-tanpa-busana","wuda-"]·KO["그리고-벼은-채로","그리고-헐벗은-채로","벌거벗기셨도다","벌거벗음"]·PT["e-desnuda","e-despida","nua"]·RU["и-обнажённая","и-обнажённой","наготой-","обнажается","тебя"]·ES["Desnudo","desnudez","y-descubierta","y-expuesta"]·SW["na-bila-nguo","na-tupu","uchi"]·TR["ve-sen","ve-yalak","Çıplak","çıplak","çıplaklık-","çırpınan"]·urd["اور-برہنہ","اور-بے-لباس","ننگائی-","ننگی"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עֶרְיָה6 n.f. nakedness;—always abs. ע׳;—ע׳־בֹּשֶׁת Mi 1:11 (in) nakedness, (in) shame (fig. of town Shaphir); of Jerus. עֵרֹם וְע׳ Ez 16:7 + 3 times (v. עֵירֹם sub II. עור); of bow Hb 3:9 (v. II. עור).