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Leviticus 18

Lev. 18:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Also thou shalt not approach
qarab (Hebrew #7126)
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
KJV usage: (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.
Pronounce: kaw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
unto a woman
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
to uncover
galah (Hebrew #1540)
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV usage: + advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.
Pronounce: gaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
her nakedness
`ervah (Hebrew #6172)
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
KJV usage: nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
Pronounce: er-vaw'
Origin: from 6168
, as longo as she is put apart
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
for her uncleanness
tum'ah (Hebrew #2932)
religious impurity
KJV usage: filthiness, unclean(-ness).
Pronounce: toom-aw'
Origin: from 2930
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Ezek. 18:6• 6And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbor's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, (Ezek. 18:6)
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Ezek. 22:10• 10In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. (Ezek. 22:10)

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Uncleanness,
Woman

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Lev. 15:19,24• 19And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
 24And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. (Lev. 15:19,24)
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Lev. 20:18• 18And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. (Lev. 20:18)
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Ezek. 18:6• 6And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbor's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, (Ezek. 18:6)
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Ezek. 22:10• 10In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. (Ezek. 22:10)
• {v.19-30} It may be painful to read; but it is wholesome to learn of what human nature fell into among heathen races so civilized as in Egypt and Canaan; and God knew that His people, when slighting His word, might follow them both. (“Israel Holy to Jehovah: 5. Other Abominations Forbidden” by W. Kelly)
• Indeed the Epistle to the Hebrews (13:4) calls the Christian Jews, and in principle all concerned, to take heed, in terms which take in verses 19, 20 of our chapter. Marriage is to be honorable in all respects, as well as among all of course. (“Israel Holy to Jehovah: 5. Other Abominations Forbidden” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.

W. Kelly Translation

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And thou shalt not approach a woman, in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.