Bible Verse Dictionary
Leviticus 18:16 - Wife
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Thou shalt not | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
uncover | H1540 | גָּלָה |
[Verb] to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively to reveal |
the nakedness | H6172 | עֶרְוָה |
[Noun Feminine] {nudity} literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively ({disgrace } blemish) |
of thy brother's wife | H802 | אִשָּׁה |
[Noun Feminine] the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H582). |
it | H1931 | הוּא |
[Pronoun] a primitive {word} the third person pronoun {singular} he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) {self} or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are |
is thy brother's nakedness | H6172 | עֶרְוָה |
[Noun Feminine] {nudity} literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively ({disgrace } blemish) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.