Leviticus 11:23
in Leviticus 11All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.
KJV
But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
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This verse in Leviticus 11
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls
on Leviticus 11:13-23
For the fowls the chapter drops the test and gives a bare list, twenty names and no criterion, so a reader learns which birds are excluded without learning what excludes them. Several of the names are argued over in translation, and the older English renderings of cuckow, swan and lapwing are read now as the gull, the water hen and the hoopoe. The Hebrew word covers winged creatures rather than a modern class, which is why the bat closes the list at verse 19. Verses 21 and 22 hold the one permission in the chapter granted out of an abominable class, four kinds of locust with legs above their feet to leap withal, and Mark 1:6 has John the Baptist living on them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But all other flying creeping things,....
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכֹל֙ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| שֶׁ֣רֶץ | sheretz | <the> swarming thing of | H8318 → | 15 times |
| הָע֔וֹף | haof | <the> wing | H5775 → | 71 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| ל֖וֹ | lo | [belong] to <the> it | ||
| אַרְבַּ֣ע | ʾarba' | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| רַגְלָ֑יִם | raglayim | feet | H7272 → | 247 times |
| שֶׁ֥קֶץ | sheketz | [is] a detestable thing | H8263 → | 11 times |
| ה֖וּא | hu' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| לָכֶֽם׃ | lakhem | to <the> you |
וְכֹל֙and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
שֶׁ֣רֶץ<the> swarming thing of
sheretzH8318 →15 times
הָע֔וֹף<the> wing
haofH5775 →71 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
ל֖וֹ[belong] to <the> it
lo
אַרְבַּ֣עfour
ʾarba'H702 →318 times
רַגְלָ֑יִםfeet
raglayimH7272 →247 times
שֶׁ֥קֶץ[is] a detestable thing
sheketzH8263 →11 times
ה֖וּאit
hu'H1931 →1879 times
לָכֶֽם׃to <the> you
lakhem
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.