King James Version
Leviticus 21:19 in the King James Version says “Or a man that is brokenfooted , or brokenhanded ,” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Or a man that is brokenfooted , or brokenhanded ,”
Leviticus 21:19 · KJV
Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. bread: or, food
For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
Or a man that is brokenfooted , or brokenhanded ,
Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; a dwarf: or, too slender
No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Or 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)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“or brokenhanded”
H7667a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
“or brokenhanded”
H7667a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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