What Does Leviticus 21:14 Mean?

“A widow”

a widow; also a desolate place

“or a divorced woman”

to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce

“or profane”

pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted

“or an harlot”

to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (

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

these or those

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“but he shall take”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“a virgin”

a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state

“of his own people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“but he shall take”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

“to wife”

a woman