King James Version
Leviticus 21:9 in the King James Version says “And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burn...” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.”
Leviticus 21:9 · KJV
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“of any”
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)
“priest”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“if she profane”
H2490properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
“herself by playing the whore”
H2181to 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)
“her father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“if she profane”
H2490properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
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