Leviticus 18:8

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Leviticus 18:8


← Leviticus 18:7 Leviticus 18:8 (KJV) Leviticus 18:9 →
The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The nakednessH6172 of thy father'sH1 wifeH802 shalt thou not uncoverH1540: it is thy father'sH1 nakednessH6172.


Original Hebrew

עֶרְוַת אֵשֶׁת־אָבִיךָ לֹא תְגַלֵּה עֶרְוַת אָבִיךָ הִוא׃ ס

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
עֶרְוַ֥ת
'er.Vat H6172 HNcfsc (the) nakedness of
אֵֽשֶׁת
'e.shet- H802 HNcfsc (the) wife of
אָבִ֖י/ךָ
'a.Vi./kha H1 HNcmsc/Sp2ms father/ your
לֹ֣א
lo' H3808 HTn not
תְגַלֵּ֑ה
te.ga.Leh H1540 HVpi2ms you will uncover
עֶרְוַ֥ת
'er.Vat H6172 HNcfsc (is) (the) nakedness of
אָבִ֖י/ךָ
'a.Vi./kha H1 HNcmsc/Sp2ms father/ your
הִֽוא
hi' H1931 HPp3fs it
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-'.
  • H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ (ʼîysh) H376 or אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים (nâshîym);(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582); 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.
  • H6172 — עֶרְוָה (ʻervâh, er-vaw'): from עָרָה (ʻârâh) H6168; nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish); nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).

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

  • H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא (hîyʼ); a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (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.
Cross References

Reciprocal references (1): 1 Chronicles 5:1

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