King James Version
Deuteronomy 22:23 in the King James Version says “If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;”
Deuteronomy 22:23 · KJV
Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die: force: or, take strong hold of
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“that is a virgin”
H1330a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
“and a man”
H376a 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)
“find”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
“and a man”
H376a 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)
“her in the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“and lie”
H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
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