Bible Verse Dictionary
Numbers 8:21 - For
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And the Levites | H3881 | לֵוִיִּי |
[Adjective] a Leviite or descendant of Levi |
were purified | H2398 | חָטָא |
[Verb] properly to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference to {forfeit} lack: {expiate} {repent } (causatively) lead {astray} condemn |
and they washed | H3526 | כָּבַס |
[Verb] to trample; hence to wash (properly by stamping with the {feet}) whether literally (including the fulling process) or figuratively |
their clothes | H899 | בֶּגֶד |
[Noun Masculine] a {covering} that {is} clothing; also treachery or pillage |
and Aaron | H175 | אַהֲרוֹן |
[Proper Name Masculine] {Aharon} the brother of Moses |
offered | H5130 | נוּף |
[Verb] to quiver (that {is} vibrate up and {down} or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including {sprinkling} {beckoning} {rubbing} {bastinadoing} {sawing} {waving} etc.) |
them as an offering | H8573 | תְּנוּפָה |
[Noun Feminine] a brandishing (in threat); by implication tumult; specifically the official undulation of sacrificial offerings |
before | H6440 | פָּנִים |
[Noun Masculine] from 6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ({before } etc.) |
the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
and Aaron | H175 | אַהֲרוֹן |
[Proper Name Masculine] {Aharon} the brother of Moses |
made an atonement | H3722 | כָּפַר |
[Verb] to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively to expiate or {condone} to placate or cancel |
for | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
them to cleanse | H2891 | טָהֵר |
[Verb] properly to be bright; that {is} (by implication) to be pure (physically {sound} clear: unadulterated; Levitically uncontaminated; morally innocent or holy) |
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.