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Lewdness

נַבְלוּתStrong’s H5040

navlut (nav-lut)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Navlut is the Hebrew word usually translated “lewdness her”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.”
Hosea 2:10 KJV
Meaning
  1. Immodesty, shamelessness, lewdness, pudenda (of female)
How it's translated
  • lewdness her 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Hosea 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    נַבְלוּת navlut · lewdness

    immodesty, shamelessness, lewdness, pudenda (of female)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “lewdness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    LEWD'NESS, noun

    1. The unlawful indulgence of lust; fornication, or adultery.
    2. In Scripture, it generally denotes idolatry.
    3. Licentiousness; shamelessness.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.