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Leviticus 21

Lev. 21:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For whatsoever 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)
he be that hath a blemish
m'uwm (Hebrew #3971)
as if passive participle from an unused root probably meaning to stain; a blemish (physically or morally)
KJV usage: blemish, blot, spot.
Pronounce: moom
Origin: usually muwm {moom}
, he shall 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
: a blind
`ivver (Hebrew #5787)
blind (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: blind (men, people).
Pronounce: iv-vare'
Origin: intensive from 5786
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)
, or a lame
picceach (Hebrew #6455)
lame
KJV usage: lame.
Pronounce: pis-say'-akh
Origin: from 6452
, or he that hath a flat nose
charam (Hebrew #2763)
to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
KJV usage: make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).
Pronounce: khaw-ram'
Origin: a primitive root
, or any thing superfluous
sara` (Hebrew #8311)
to prolong, i.e. (reflex) be deformed by excess of members
KJV usage: stretch out self, (have any) superfluous thing.
Pronounce: saw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Lev. 22:23• 23A bullock and a sheep that hath a member too long or too short, that mayest thou offer as a voluntary offering; but as a vow it shall not be accepted. (Lev. 22:23)

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Cross References

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a blind man.
Isa. 56:10• 10His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber: (Isa. 56:10)
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Matt. 23:16‑17,19• 16Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
 17Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?
 19Fools and blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift? (Matt. 23:16‑17,19)
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1 Tim. 3:2‑3,7• 2The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
 3not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
 7But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall not into reproach and the snare of the devil. (1 Tim. 3:2‑3,7)
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Titus 1:7,10• 7For the overseer must be free from all charge against him as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;
 10For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of the circumcision, (Titus 1:7,10)
superfluous.
Lev. 22:23• 23A bullock and a sheep that hath a member too long or too short, that mayest thou offer as a voluntary offering; but as a vow it shall not be accepted. (Lev. 22:23)

J. N. Darby Translation

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for whatever man hath a defect, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or one limb longer than the other,