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Leviticus 20:11

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← Leviticus 20:10	Leviticus 20:11 (KJV)	Leviticus 20:12 →
And the man that committeth adultery with [another] man's wife, [even he] that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.	And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them.	And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood [shall be] upon them.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the man^H376 that lieth^H7901 with his father's^H1 wife^H802 hath uncovered^H1540 his father's^H1 nakedness^H6172: both^H8147 of them shall surely^H4191 be put to death^H4191; their blood^H1818 shall be upon them.

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Original Hebrew

וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכַּב אֶת־אֵשֶׁת אָבִיו עֶרְוַת אָבִיו גִּלָּה מֹות־יוּמְתוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם דְּמֵיהֶם בָּם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/אִ֗ישׁ	ve./'Ish	H376	HC/Ncmsa	and/ a man
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	who
יִשְׁכַּב֙	yish.Kav	H7901	HVqi3ms	he will lie with
אֶת	'et-	H854	HR	(obj.)
אֵ֣שֶׁת	'E.shet	H802	HNcfsc	(the) wife of
אָבִ֔י/ו	'a.Vi/v	H1	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	father/ his
עֶרְוַ֥ת	'er.Vat	H6172	HNcfsc	(the) nakedness of
אָבִ֖י/ו	'a.Vi/v	H1	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	father/ his
גִּלָּ֑ה	gi.Lah	H1540	HVpp3ms	he has uncovered
מֽוֹת	mot-	H4191	HVqa	certainly (to die)
יוּמְת֥וּ	yu.me.Tu	H4191	HVHi3mp	they will be put to death
שְׁנֵי/הֶ֖ם	she.nei./Hem	H8147	HAcmdc/Sp3mp	both of/ them
דְּמֵי/הֶ֥ם	de.mei./Hem	H1818	HNcmpc/Sp3mp	blood(s)/ their
בָּֽ/ם	Ba/m		HR/Sp3mp	(are) on (the)/ them

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1540 — גָּלָה (gâlâh, gaw-law'): a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal; [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.
• H1818 — דָּם (dâm, dawm): from דָּמַם (compare אָדַם); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood); blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.
• H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
• H6172 — עֶרְוָה (ʻervâh, er-vaw'): from עָרָה; nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish); nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
• H7901 — שָׁכַב (shâkab, shaw-kab'): a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• their — Leviticus 20:9

Reciprocal references (11): Leviticus 18:6, Leviticus 18:7, Deuteronomy 22:30, Joshua 2:19, 2 Samuel 1:16, 2 Samuel 16:21, 1 Chronicles 5:1, Ezekiel 18:13, Ezekiel 22:10, Ezekiel 33:4, Acts 18:6

Related Topics

• Nave’s: ADULTERY, INCEST, PUNISHMENT, SANITATION

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