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Leviticus 15

Lev. 15:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And every thing that she lieth
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
upon in her separation
niddah (Hebrew #5079)
properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest)
KJV usage: X far, filthiness, X flowers, menstruous (woman), put apart, X removed (woman), separation, set apart, unclean(-ness, thing, with filthiness).
Pronounce: nid-daw'
Origin: from 5074
shall be unclean
tame' (Hebrew #2930)
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
KJV usage: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, X utterly.
Pronounce: taw-may'
Origin: a primitive root
: every thing also that she sitteth
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
upon shall be unclean
tame' (Hebrew #2930)
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
KJV usage: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, X utterly.
Pronounce: taw-may'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Lev. 15:4‑9• 4Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the flux shall be unclean; and every object on which he sitteth shall be unclean.
 5And whoever toucheth his bed shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
 6And he that sitteth on any object whereon he sat that hath the flux shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
 7And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the flux shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
 8And if he that hath the flux spit upon him that is clean, then he shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
 9And what carriage soever he rideth upon that hath the flux shall be unclean. (Lev. 15:4‑9)
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Prov. 2:16‑19• 16To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;
 17who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;
 18--for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;
 19none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life: (Prov. 2:16‑19)
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Prov. 5:3‑13• 3For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
 4but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
 5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.
 6Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not whither.
 7And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
 8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
 9lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;
 10lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil come into the house of a stranger;
 11and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
 12and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!
 13and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me; (Prov. 5:3‑13)
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Prov. 6:24,35• 24to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
 35he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest thy gifts. (Prov. 6:24,35)
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Prov. 7:10‑27• 10And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
 11She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:
 12now without, now in the broadways,--and she lieth in wait at every corner.
 13And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
 14I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows:
 15therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.
 16I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;
 17I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
 18Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves.
 19For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
 20he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.
 21With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
 22He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks serve for the correction of the fool;
 23till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
 24And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
 25Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:
 26for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.
 27Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death. (Prov. 7:10‑27)
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Prov. 9:13‑18• 13The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
 14And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
 15to call passers-by who go right on their ways:
 16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
 17Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
 18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. (Prov. 9:13‑18)
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Prov. 22:27• 27if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? (Prov. 22:27)
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Eccl. 7:26• 26and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her. (Eccl. 7:26)
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1 Cor. 15:33• 33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. (1 Cor. 15:33)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And everything that she lieth upon in her separationa shall be unclean; and everything that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.

JND Translation Notes

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a
Or "uncleanness," also in vers. 25,26,33; as ch. 12.2.