What Does Leviticus 20:27 Mean?

“A man”

a 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)

desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

“also or woman”

a woman

“that hath”

(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)

“a familiar spirit”

properly, a mumble, i.e., a water-skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)

desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

“or that is a wizard”

properly, a knowing one; specifically, a conjurer; (by impl) a ghost

“be put to death”

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

“be put to death”

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

“them with stones”

a stone

“they shall stone”

to cast together (stones), i.e., to lapidate

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“their blood”

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe