Leviticus 21
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
2But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
3And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
4But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
5They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
6They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
7They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
8Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
9And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
10And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
11Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
12Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
13And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
14A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
15Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
16And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.
18For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
19Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
20Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
21No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
23Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
24And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- לֹאlôʼH380824× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- כִּיkîyH358812× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- אֵלʼêlH41312× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- אוֹʼôwH17611× in this chapter
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
- אֵתʼêthH85311× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH43010× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30688× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אִישׁʼîyshH3768× in this chapter
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)
- חָלַלchâlalH24907× in this chapter
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
- קָרַבqârabH71267× in this chapter
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
- הָיָהhâyâhH19616× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8346× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- לֶחֶםlechemH38995× in this chapter
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- לָקַחlâqachH39475× in this chapter
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- מאוּםmʼûwmH39715× in this chapter
to stain; a blemish (physically or morally)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5595× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- בֵּןbênH11214× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אַהֲרוֹןʼAhărôwnH1754× in this chapter
Aharon, the brother of Moses
- הוּאhûwʼH19314× in this chapter
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
- טָמֵאṭâmêʼH29304× in this chapter
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH35484× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- כֹּלkôlH36054× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אֲנִיʼănîyH5894× in this chapter
I
- עַםʻamH59714× in this chapter
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- קָדוֹשׁqâdôwshH69184× in this chapter
sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
- קָדַשׁqâdashH69424× in this chapter
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
- קֹדֶשׁqôdeshH69444× in this chapter
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH8024× in this chapter
a woman
- אָבʼâbH13× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- דָבַרdâbarH16963× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- זָנָהzânâhH21813× in this chapter
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
- זֶרַעzeraʻH22333× in this chapter
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- מִקְדָּשׁmiqdâshH47203× in this chapter
a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
- מֹשֶׁהMôshehH48723× in this chapter
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
- נָגַשׁnâgashH50663× in this chapter
to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back
- עַלʻalH59213× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- רֹאשׁrôʼshH72183× in this chapter
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
- בַּתbathH13232× in this chapter
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- בְּתוּלָהbᵉthûwlâhH13302× in this chapter
a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
- גָּרַשׁgârashH16442× in this chapter
to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce