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Leviticus 20

Lev. 20:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
also or 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
that hath
kiy (Hebrew #3588)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
KJV usage: and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-)as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al- )though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
Pronounce: kee
Origin: a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent
a familiar spirit
'owb (Hebrew #178)
properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)
KJV usage: bottle, familiar spirit.
Pronounce: obe
Origin: from the same as 1 (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name)
x, or that is a wizard
yidd`oniy (Hebrew #3049)
properly, a knowing one; specifically, a conjurer; (by impl) a ghost
KJV usage: wizard.
Pronounce: yid-deh-o-nee'
Origin: from 3045
, shall surely
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
be put to death
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
: they shall stone
ragam (Hebrew #7275)
to cast together (stones), i.e. to lapidate
KJV usage: X certainly, stone.
Pronounce: raw-gam'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 7263, 7321, 7551)
them with stones
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
: their blood
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
shall be upon them.
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Lev. 20:6• 6--And the soul that turneth unto necromancers and unto soothsayers, to go a whoring after them, I will set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. (Lev. 20:6)
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1 Sam. 28:9• 9And the woman said to him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul has done, how he has cut off the necromancers and the soothsayers out of the land; and why layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? (1 Sam. 28:9)

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Blood,
Death,
Man,
Spirit,
Stones,
Wizard,
Woman

Cross References

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a familiar.
Lev. 20:6• 6--And the soul that turneth unto necromancers and unto soothsayers, to go a whoring after them, I will set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. (Lev. 20:6)
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Lev. 19:31• 31--Turn not unto necromancers and unto soothsayers; seek not after them to make yourselves unclean: I am Jehovah your God. (Lev. 19:31)
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Ex. 22:18• 18--Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. (Ex. 22:18)
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Deut. 18:10‑12• 10There shall not be found among you he that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, that useth divination, that useth auguries, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
 11or a charmer, or one that inquireth of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead.
 12For every one that doeth these things is an abomination to Jehovah, and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth dispossess them from before thee. (Deut. 18:10‑12)
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1 Sam. 28:7‑9• 7Then said Saul to his servants, Seek me a woman that has a spirit of Python, that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a spirit of Python at En-dor.
 8And Saul disguised himself, and put on other garments, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said, I pray thee, divine to me by the spirit of Python, and bring me him up whom I shall name to thee.
 9And the woman said to him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul has done, how he has cut off the necromancers and the soothsayers out of the land; and why layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? (1 Sam. 28:7‑9)
their blood.
Lev. 20:9• 9Whatever man revileth his father and his mother shall certainly be put to death: he hath reviled his father and his mother; his blood is upon him. (Lev. 20:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And if there be a man or a woman in whom is a spirit of Python or of divinationb, they shall certainly be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood is upon them.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "who is a necromancer or a soothsayer."