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(Gilgal)-haaraloth

עׇרְלָהStrong’s H6190

orlah (or-lah)

Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Orlah is the Hebrew word usually translated “foreskin his”, “foreskins of” and “foreskin of”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.

“And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.”
Genesis 17:11 KJV
Meaning
  1. Combined with gil.gal (גִּלְגָּל "Gilgal" H1537)
  2. Foreskin, uncircumcised
How it's translated
  • foreskin his 4
  • foreskins of 3
  • foreskin of 2
  • foreskin your 1
  • foreskin their 1
  • a foreskin 1
  • foreskin its 1
  • foreskins 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 6
  • Leviticus 2
  • 1 Samuel 2
  • Jeremiah 2
  • Exodus 1
  • Deuteronomy 1

8 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

עׇרְלָה orlah · (Gilgal)-haaraloth

Combined with gil.gal (גִּלְגָּל "Gilgal" H1537) § foreskin, uncircumcised

עׇרְלָה orlah · foreskin

foreskin, uncircumcised

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “foreskin” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

FO'RESKIN, noun

The skin that covers the glans penis; the prepuce.

    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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.