Leviticus 11:8

Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data

"Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Of their

בָּשָׂר

bâsâr

H1320

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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shall ye not

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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and their

נְבֵלָה

nᵉbêlâh

H5038

a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol

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shall ye not

נָגַע

nâgaʻ

H5060

properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive,...

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they are

טָמֵא

ṭâmêʼ

H2930

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

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to you

Key Terms in This Verse

carcase H5038

נְבֵלָה nᵉbêlâh

a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol

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touch H5060

נָגַע nâgaʻ

properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, d...

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unclean H2930

טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

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flesh H1320

בָּשָׂר bâsâr

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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eat H398

אָכַל ʼâkal

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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Cross References

Hebrews 9:10 cross-reference

Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

Isaiah 52:11 cross-reference

Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.

Leviticus 5:2 cross-reference

Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shal...

Colossians 2:16 cross-reference

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

Hosea 9:3 cross-reference

They shall not dwell in the LORD’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

2 Corinthians 6:17 cross-reference

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

Ephesians 5:11 cross-reference

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Acts 10:28 cross-reference

And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man commo...

1 Corinthians 8:8 cross-reference

But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

Ephesians 5:7 cross-reference

Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

Mark 7:15 cross-reference

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

Mark 7:2 cross-reference

And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

Romans 14:21 cross-reference

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

Matthew 15:11 cross-reference

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Mark 7:18 cross-reference

And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

Matthew 15:20 cross-reference

These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

Acts 15:29 cross-reference

That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

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