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Leviticus 20

Lev. 20:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Anda thou shalt not 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
the 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
of thy mother’s
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
sister
'achowth (Hebrew #269)
a sister (used very widely (like 250), literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (an-)other, sister, together.
Pronounce: aw-khoth'
Origin: irregular feminine of 251
, nor of thy father’s
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
sister
'achowth (Hebrew #269)
a sister (used very widely (like 250), literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (an-)other, sister, together.
Pronounce: aw-khoth'
Origin: irregular feminine of 251
: for he uncovereth
`arah (Hebrew #6168)
to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish
KJV usage: leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover.
Pronounce: aw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
his near kin
sh'er (Hebrew #7607)
flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
KJV usage: body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).
Pronounce: sheh-ayr'
Origin: from 7604
: they shall bear
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
their iniquity
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
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Lev. 18:12• 12Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman. (Lev. 18:12)
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Lev. 18:12,13‑30• 12Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
 13Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
 14Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
 15Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
 16Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
 17Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
 18Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
 19Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
 20Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.
 21And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
 22Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
 23Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
 24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
 25And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
 26Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
 27(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
 28That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
 29For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
 30Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord your God. (Lev. 18:12,13‑30)
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Ex. 6:20• 20And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. (Ex. 6:20)
uncovereth.
Lev. 18:6• 6None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord. (Lev. 18:6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, and of thy father’s sister shalt thou not uncover; for he hath laid naked his near relationb: they shall bear their iniquity.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "his own flesh."