NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Neither shall they takelaqach (law-kakh') to take (in the widest variety of applications) for their wives 'ishshah (ish-shaw') irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman a widow 'almanah (al-maw-naw') a widow; also a desolate place -- desolate house (palace), widow. nor her that is put away garash (gaw-rash') to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce -- cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, surely put away, trouble, thrust out. but they shall take laqach (law-kakh') to take (in the widest variety of applications) maidens bthuwlah (beth-oo-law') a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state -- maid, virgin. of the seed zera` (zeh'-rah) seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity -- carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time. of the house bayith (bah'-yith) a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) of Israel Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale') he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel. or a widow 'almanah (al-maw-naw') a widow; also a desolate place -- desolate house (palace), widow. that had a priest kohen (ko-hane') literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer. before Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman but shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest. King James Bible Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. Holman Christian Standard Bible He is not to marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin from the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest. International Standard Version They are not to marry a widow or a divorced woman. Instead, they are to marry virgins from the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest." NET Bible They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel or a widow who is a priest's widow. GOD'S WORD® Translation They must not marry widows or women who have been divorced. They may marry only virgins from the nation of Israel or widows of priests. King James 2000 Bible Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is divorced: but they shall take maidens of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest. Links Ezekiel 44:22Ezekiel 44:22 NIV Ezekiel 44:22 NLT Ezekiel 44:22 ESV Ezekiel 44:22 NASB Ezekiel 44:22 KJV |