6174. arom
Lexical Summary
arom: Naked, bare, exposed

Original Word: עָרוֹם
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: `arowm
Pronunciation: ah-rome
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-rome')
KJV: naked
NASB: naked
Word Origin: [from H6191 (עָרַם - become shrewd) (in its original sense)]

1. nude, either partially or totally

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
naked

Or marom {aw-rome'}; from aram (in its original sense); nude, either partially or totally -- naked.

see HEBREW aram

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from ur
Definition
naked
NASB Translation
naked (16).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
עָרוֺם, עָרֹם adjective naked (perhaps secondary form from עֵירֹם Ew§ 163 c Sta§ 327 a; or from √ עָרָה, q. v. ); — absolute עָרוֺם Amos 2:16 8t., עָרֹם 1 Samuel 19:24 3t.; feminine עֲרֻמָּה Hosea 2:5; plural עֲרוּמִּים Genesis 2:25; Job 22:6; — naked Genesis 2:25 (J) 1 Samuel 19:14; Hosea 2:5; adverb. (Ges§ 118n) with הָלַךְ Isaiah 20:2,3,4; Micah 1:8, compare Amos 2:16; Job 24:7,10; = substantive concrete Isaiah 58:7; Job 22:6; = without possessions Job 1:21 (twice in verse) = Ecclesiastes 5:14; of Sh®°ôl, open before ׳י Job 26:6.

Topical Lexicon
עָרוֹם

Range of Usage

The term describes literal unclothedness, social destitution, and the spiritual exposure of creatures before their Creator. It appears sixteen times, spanning primeval innocence, personal lament, social injustice, prophetic symbolism, and eschatological judgment.

Nakedness and Innocence

Genesis 2:25 introduces עָרוֹם in a pre-Fall setting: “And the man and his wife were both naked, yet they felt no shame.” The word here conveys pure vulnerability without guilt. This sets a theological baseline: in God’s original design nakedness was compatible with holiness; shame entered only after sin (Genesis 3:7).

Nakedness and Mortality

Job repeatedly draws on the word to confess human transience. “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart” (Job 1:21). Ecclesiastes 5:15 echoes the thought: “As a man comes from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he came.” עָרוֹם thus frames life’s brevity and the futility of earthly gain.

Nakedness and Poverty or Exploitation

Job indicts oppressors who “stripped men of their clothes, leaving them naked” (Job 22:6) and who send the poor out “naked, without clothing” (Job 24:7,10). Isaiah 58:7 urges covenant people to “provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked, to clothe him.” Amos 2:16 foretells defeat so absolute that “even the strong will flee naked on that day.” Here עָרוֹם exposes social sin: when the powerful withhold covering, they mirror Eden’s rupture rather than its innocence.

Nakedness Exposed Before God

Job 26:6 declares, “Sheol is naked before Him.” Hosea 2:3 warns that God will lay unfaithful Israel “bare as on the day she was born.” No creature, nation, or hidden realm escapes divine scrutiny; עָרוֹם becomes a metaphor for total accountability.

Nakedness as Prophetic Sign Act

Isaiah becomes a living oracle by walking “naked and barefoot” three years (Isaiah 20:2-4), forecasting Egypt’s humiliation. Micah’s grief erupts similarly: “I will lament like jackals and mourn like ostriches, for I will walk barefoot and naked” (Micah 1:8). In 1 Samuel 19:24 Saul’s disrobing before Samuel prefigures his declension; his involuntary nakedness testifies that prophetic power can strip kings of pretension.

Covenantal Clothing and Redemptive Hope

The Old Testament anticipates a covering that only God can provide. From the garments God made for Adam and Eve to Isaiah’s promise of “garments of salvation” (Isaiah 61:10), nakedness underscores humanity’s need for divine righteousness. New-covenant fulfillment shines in passages such as Revelation 3:18, where Christ offers “white garments so that you will not be naked,” echoing the theology embedded in עָרוֹם.

Ministerial Implications

1. Compassion: Isaiah 58:7 instructs believers to clothe the naked, a mandate reaffirmed by Jesus (“I was naked and you clothed Me,” Matthew 25:36).
2. Humility: Remembering that all stand naked before God fosters reverence and deters hypocrisy.
3. Proclamation: Prophetic symbolism teaches that visible acts can dramatize invisible truths, urging ministries to embody their message.
4. Eternal Perspective: Acknowledging life’s unclothed beginning and end anchors stewardship, generosity, and hope in resurrection glory.

Thus עָרוֹם traces a canonical arc from sinless openness, through fallen shame and societal injustice, to eschatological exposure and, finally, to the promised covering secured by God Himself.

Forms and Transliterations
וְעָר֑וֹם וְעָרֹם֙ וערום וערם עֲרֻמָּ֔ה עֲרוּמִּ֔ים עֲרוּמִּ֣ים עָר֛וֹם עָר֣וֹם עָר֥וֹם עָרֹ֔ם עָרֹ֨ם עָרֹם֙ ערום ערומים ערם ערמה ‘ā·rō·wm ‘ā·rōm ‘ă·rum·māh ‘ă·rūm·mîm ‘ārōm ‘ārōwm ‘ărummāh ‘ărūmmîm aRom arumMah arumMim veaRom wə‘ārōm wə‘ārōwm wə·‘ā·rō·wm wə·‘ā·rōm
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Genesis 2:25
HEB: וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ שְׁנֵיהֶם֙ עֲרוּמִּ֔ים הָֽאָדָ֖ם וְאִשְׁתּ֑וֹ
NAS: were both naked and were not ashamed.
KJV: And they were both naked, the man
INT: become were both naked and the man and his wife

1 Samuel 19:24
HEB: שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל וַיִּפֹּ֣ל עָרֹ֔ם כָּל־ הַיּ֥וֹם
NAS: Samuel and lay down naked all that day
KJV: in like manner, and lay down naked all that day
INT: Samuel and lay naked all day

Job 1:21
HEB: וַיֹּאמֶר֩ עָרֹ֨ם [יָצָתִי כ]
NAS: He said, Naked I came
KJV: And said, Naked came I out
INT: said Naked after womb

Job 1:21
HEB: מִבֶּ֣טֶן אִמִּ֗י וְעָרֹם֙ אָשׁ֣וּב שָׁ֔מָה
NAS: womb, And naked I shall return
KJV: womb, and naked shall I return
INT: womb my mother's and naked shall return there

Job 22:6
HEB: חִנָּ֑ם וּבִגְדֵ֖י עֲרוּמִּ֣ים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃
NAS: without cause, And stripped men naked.
KJV: and stripped the naked of their clothing.
INT: without of their clothing naked and stripped

Job 24:7
HEB: עָר֣וֹם יָ֭לִינוּ מִבְּלִ֣י
NAS: They spend the night naked, without
KJV: They cause the naked to lodge
INT: naked spend without

Job 24:10
HEB: עָר֣וֹם הִ֭לְּכוּ בְּלִ֣י
NAS: They cause [the poor] to go about naked without
KJV: They cause [him] to go naked without clothing,
INT: naked go without

Job 26:6
HEB: עָר֣וֹם שְׁא֣וֹל נֶגְדּ֑וֹ
NAS: Naked is Sheol before
KJV: Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction
INT: Naked is Sheol before

Ecclesiastes 5:15
HEB: מִבֶּ֣טֶן אִמּ֔וֹ עָר֛וֹם יָשׁ֥וּב לָלֶ֖כֶת
NAS: As he had come naked from his mother's
KJV: womb, naked shall he return
INT: womb his mother's naked return carry

Isaiah 20:2
HEB: כֵּ֔ן הָלֹ֖ךְ עָר֥וֹם וְיָחֵֽף׃ ס
NAS: so, going naked and barefoot.
KJV: walking naked and barefoot.
INT: so going naked and barefoot

Isaiah 20:3
HEB: עַבְדִּ֥י יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ עָר֣וֹם וְיָחֵ֑ף שָׁלֹ֤שׁ
NAS: has gone naked and barefoot
KJV: hath walked naked and barefoot
INT: my servant Isaiah naked and barefoot three

Isaiah 20:4
HEB: נְעָרִ֥ים וּזְקֵנִ֖ים עָר֣וֹם וְיָחֵ֑ף וַחֲשׂוּפַ֥י
NAS: and old, naked and barefoot
KJV: and old, naked and barefoot,
INT: young and old naked and barefoot uncovered

Isaiah 58:7
HEB: כִּֽי־ תִרְאֶ֤ה עָרֹם֙ וְכִסִּית֔וֹ וּמִבְּשָׂרְךָ֖
NAS: you see the naked, to cover
KJV: when thou seest the naked, that thou cover
INT: When see the naked to cover body

Hosea 2:3
HEB: פֶּן־ אַפְשִׁיטֶ֣נָּה עֲרֻמָּ֔ה וְהִ֨צַּגְתִּ֔יהָ כְּי֖וֹם
NAS: I will strip her naked And expose
KJV: Lest I strip her naked, and set
INT: Or will strip her naked and expose the day

Amos 2:16
HEB: לִבּ֖וֹ בַּגִּבּוֹרִ֑ים עָר֛וֹם יָנ֥וּס בַּיּוֹם־
NAS: will flee naked in that day,
KJV: shall flee away naked in that day,
INT: care for the warriors naked will flee day

Micah 1:8
HEB: (שֹׁולָ֖ל ק) וְעָר֑וֹם אֶעֱשֶׂ֤ה מִסְפֵּד֙
NAS: barefoot and naked; I must make
KJV: stripped and naked: I will make
INT: go spoiled and naked make A lament

16 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6174
16 Occurrences


‘ā·rōm — 11 Occ.
‘ă·rum·māh — 1 Occ.
‘ă·rūm·mîm — 2 Occ.
wə·‘ā·rōm — 2 Occ.

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