Quick Definition
be bare
Strong's Definition
to abrade, i.e. bare
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: high, stick out.
TWOT Reference: 2440
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁפָה (sha.phah) — be bare. 1) to sweep bare, scrape 1a) (Niphal) to be wind-swept, be bare, be scraped barren (by wind) 1b) (Pual) to be bare, be laid bare
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שְׁפֹות · שְׁפִי
Uncover | verb nif ptc.act
bare = state in which an area is covered by little or no vegetation
See | verb pu'al
to be uncovered (without flesh) > to stick out = state in which one's bones are no longer covered with flesh and therefore clearly visible
1 JOB 33:21 MT-K שׁפי | MT-Q שֻׁפּוּ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁפָה] vb. sweep bare Niph. be wind-swept, bare
Pu. his bones are laid bare
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