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Leviticus 21:14

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← Leviticus 21:13	Leviticus 21:14 (KJV)	Leviticus 21:15 →
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.	A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, [or] an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.	Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A widow^H490, or a divorced woman^H1644, or profane^H2491, or an harlot^H2181, these shall he not take^H3947: but he shall take^H3947 a virgin^H1330 of his own people^H5971 to wife^H802.

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Original Hebrew

אַלְמָנָה וּגְרוּשָׁה וַחֲלָלָה זֹנָה אֶת־אֵלֶּה לֹא יִקָּח כִּי אִם־בְּתוּלָה מֵעַמָּיו יִקַּח אִשָּׁה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַלְמָנָ֤ה	'al.ma.Nah	H490	HNcfsa	a widow
וּ/גְרוּשָׁה֙	u./ge.ru.Shah	H1644	HC/Vqsfsa	and/ a divorced (woman)
וַ/חֲלָלָ֣ה	va./cha.la.Lah	H2491	HC/Aafsa	and/ a (woman) profaned
זֹנָ֔ה	zo.Nah	H2181	HNcfsa	a prostitute
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
אֵ֖לֶּה	'E.leh	H428	HPdxcp	these
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יִקָּ֑ח	yi.Kach	H3947	HVqi3ms	he will take
כִּ֛י	ki	H3588	HC	that
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	except
בְּתוּלָ֥ה	be.tu.Lah	H1330	HNcfsa	a virgin
מֵ/עַמָּ֖י/ו	me./'a.Ma/v	H5971	HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms	from/ kinspeople(s)/ his
יִקַּ֥ח	yi.Kach	H3947	HVqi3ms	he will take
אִשָּֽׁה	'i.Shah	H802	HNcfsa	a wife

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

Strong's References

• H490 — אַלְמָנָה (ʼalmânâh, al-maw-naw'): feminine of אַלְמָן; a widow; also a desolate place; desolate house (palace), widow.
• 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.
• H1330 — בְּתוּלָה (bᵉthûwlâh, beth-oo-law'): feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate; a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state; maid, virgin.
• H1644 — גָּרַשׁ (gârash, gaw-rash'): a primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce; cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, [idiom] surely put away, trouble, thrust out.
• H2181 — זָנָה (zânâh, zaw-naw'): a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton); to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah); (cause to) commit fornication, [idiom] continually, [idiom] great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.
• H2491 — חָלָל (châlâl, khaw-lawl'): from חָלַל; pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted; kill, profane, slain (man), [idiom] slew, (deadly) wounded.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.

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

• H428 — אֵלֶּה (ʼêl-leh, ale'-leh): prolonged from אֵל; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).
• H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

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