Dishonor
עַרְוָהStrong’s H6173arvah (ar-vah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Arvah is the Aramaic word usually translated “dishonor of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;”
Meaning
- Dishonour, nakednessdishonour (metaphor of nakedness)
How it's translated
- and dishonor of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 1
1 book in all.
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Aramaic dictionary
עַרְוָה arvah · dishonor
1) dishonour, nakedness 1a) dishonour (metaphor of nakedness)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dishonor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISHONOR, noun
Dizonor. [dis and honor.] Reproach; disgrace; ignominy; shame; whatever constitutes a stain or blemish in the reputation.
All definitions and other forms of “dishonor”
DISHONOR, verb transitive
- To disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to stain the character of; to lessen reputation.
- To treat with indignity.
- To violate the chastity of; to debauch.
- To refuse or decline to accept or pay; as, to dishonor a bill of exchange.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.