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Leviticus 17

Lev. 17:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andx every soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
that eateth
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
δthat which died
nbelah (Hebrew #5038)
a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
KJV usage: (dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself.
Pronounce: neb-ay-law'
Origin: from 5034
of itself, or that which was torn
trephah (Hebrew #2966)
prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals
KJV usage: ravin, (that which was) torn (of beasts, in pieces).
Pronounce: ter-ay-faw'
Origin: feminine (collectively) of 2964
with beasts, whether it be one of your own country
'ezrach (Hebrew #249)
a spontaneous growth, i.e. native (tree or persons)
KJV usage: bay tree, (home-)born (in the land), of the (one's own) country (nation).
Pronounce: ez-rawkh'
Origin: from 2224 (in the sense of springing up)
, or a stranger
ger (Hebrew #1616)
from 1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
KJV usage: alien, sojourner, stranger.
Pronounce: gare
Origin: or (fully) geyr (gare)
, hez shall both wash
kabac (Hebrew #3526)
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
KJV usage: fuller, wash(-ing).
Pronounce: kaw-bas'
Origin: a primitive root
his clothes
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
, and bathe
rachats (Hebrew #7364)
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
KJV usage: bathe (self), wash (self).
Pronounce: raw-khats'
Origin: a primitive root
himself in water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
, and 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
until the even
`ereb (Hebrew #6153)
dusk
KJV usage: + day, even(-ing, tide), night.
Pronounce: eh'-reb
Origin: from 6150
: then shall he be clean
taher (Hebrew #2891)
properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
KJV usage: be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
Pronounce: taw-hare'
Origin: a primitive root
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Lev. 22:8• 8That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the Lord. (Lev. 22:8)
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Deut. 14:21• 21Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. (Deut. 14:21)
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Ezek. 4:14• 14Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. (Ezek. 4:14)
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Ezek. 44:31• 31The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. (Ezek. 44:31)
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a carcass.
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Lev. 11:25• 25And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. (Lev. 11:25)

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Bath, Bathing,
Beast,
Soul; Spirit,
Stranger,
Washing

Cross References

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every soul.
Lev. 22:8• 8That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the Lord. (Lev. 22:8)
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Ex. 22:31• 31And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. (Ex. 22:31)
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Deut. 14:21• 21Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. (Deut. 14:21)
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Ezek. 4:14• 14Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. (Ezek. 4:14)
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Ezek. 44:31• 31The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. (Ezek. 44:31)
that which died of itself.
Heb. a carcase.
both wash.
Lev. 11:25• 25And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. (Lev. 11:25)
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Lev. 15:5,10,21• 5And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
 10And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
 21And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. (Lev. 15:5,10,21)
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Num. 19:8,19,21• 8And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
 19And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
 21And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. (Num. 19:8,19,21)
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Rev. 7:14• 14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (Rev. 7:14)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And every soul that eateth of a dead carcase, or of that which was torn, be it one home-born, or a stranger, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even: then he shall be clean.