leviticus 18:16 thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife it is thy brother's nakedness

Leviticus 18:16

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it [is] thy brother's nakedness.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it [is] thy brother's nakedness.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The nakedness of thy brother's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The shame of thy brother's wife, shalt thou not uncover,—the shame of thy brother, it is.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 'The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it [is] thy brother's nakedness.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: because it is the nakedness of thy brother.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy brothers wife. for it is thy brothers shame.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy brothers wife: it [is] thy brothers nakednesse.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— You shall not approach your brother's wife; it is your brother's nakedness.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it [is] thy brother's nakedness.

Thou shalt not x3808

(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}

lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.

uncover 1540

{1540} Prime
גָּלַה
galah
{gaw-law'}

A primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively to reveal.

z8762

<8762> Grammar

Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447

the nakedness 6172

{6172} Prime
עֶרְוָה
`ervah
{er-vaw'}

From H6168; nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish).

of thy brother's 251

{0251} Prime
אָח
'ach
{awkh}

A primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H0001)).

wife: 802

{0802} Prime
אִשָּׁה
'ishshah
{ish-shaw'}

The first form is the feminine of H0376 or H0582; the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H0582).

it x1931

(1931) Complement
הוּא
huw'
{hoo}

The second form is the feminine beyond the Pentateuch; 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 251

{0251} Prime
אָח
'ach
{awkh}

A primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H0001)).

nakedness. 6172

{6172} Prime
עֶרְוָה
`ervah
{er-vaw'}

From H6168; nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish).

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See commentary on Leviticus 18:6-18.

Leviticus 18:16

Thy brother's wife — God afterwards commanded, that in one case, a man should marry his brother's widow.

Leviticus 18:16

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy ^(h) brother's wife: it [is] thy brother's nakedness.

^(h) Because the idolaters, among whom God's people had dwelt and would dwell, were given to these horrible incests, God charges his own to beware of them.

Leviticus 20:21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

Deuteronomy 25:5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

Matthew 14:3-4 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put [him] in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. ... For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

Matthew 22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Mark 6:17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.

Mark 12:19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave [his] wife [behind him], and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Luke 3:19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

Lv 20:21. Dt 25:5. Mt 14:3; 22:24. Mk 6:17; 12:19. Lk 3:19.