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1981 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Canaan; Canaanite.4

… of sexual perversions that were forbidden to Israel prefaced by the statement: “… and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not …

1982 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Come Near, Approach.2

… of sexual intercourse ( Exodus 19:15 ). More frequently, it is used to speak of the priests “coming into the presence of” God ( Ezekiel 44:13 ) or of the priests’ “approach …

1983 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Deliver.7

… of sexual activity, too, emphasizing the act of intercourse or “one’s lying down” with an animal ( Leviticus 18:23 ).

1984 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Go Away, Leave.7

… to sexual relations (cf. Exodus 20:26 ). Another phrase, “to uncover someone’s skirts,” means to have sexual relations with a person ( Deuteronomy 22:30 ).

1985 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Humbled, to Be; Afflicted.4

… woman sexually by force may be “to humble” her ( Genesis 34:2, KJV, RSV), but the word is more appropriately translated “dishonor” (JB, NEB). In the Day of Atonement observance …

1986 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Know.9

… a sexual relationship. In Genesis 18:19 God says He “knows” Abraham; He cared for him in the sense that He chose him from among other men and saw to it that certain …

1987 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Lie.3

… , have sexual intercourse with.” This word also occurs in Ugaritic, Akkadian, Ethiopic, post-biblical Aramaic, and post-biblical Hebrew. Biblical Hebrew attests …

1988 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Lie.12

… have sexual relations with.” The first occurrence of this use is in Genesis 19:32, where Lot’s daughters say: “Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will …

1989 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Loose Conduct.3

… illicit sexual conduct: “Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, … or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are …

1990 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Love.4

… in sexual desire, although as a rule it is desire within the bounds of lawful relationships: “And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah …

1991 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Love.10

… a sexual activity. 'Ahăbâh means “love” between friends in 1 Samuel 18:3 : “Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul.” The word refers …

1992 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Nakedness.4

… female sexual organs. In its first biblical appearance ‛ervâh implies shameful exposure: “And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father.… And …

1993 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Nakedness.5

… of sexual abstinence—nocturnal emission not properly cleansed, sexual cohabitation and other laws of purity (for example, excrement buried in the camp …

1994 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Nakedness.7

… to “sexual nakedness,” appears in a figurative sense in Nahum 3:5. ‘Erom appears as a noun abstract in several instances. This word represents the more general …

1995 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Offer.6

Qârab is used technically of having sexual relations. In Genesis 20:4 before Abimelech states his innocence with regard to Sarah we read he “had not come near her” (cf. Deuteronomy 22:14; Isaiah 8:3 ).

1996 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Pollute.3

… illicit sexual acts, such as harlotry ( Leviticus 21:9 ) or violation of one’s father’s bed ( Genesis 49:4 —the first occurrence).

1997 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Touch.4

… to sexual contact with another person, such as in Genesis 20:6, where God tells Abimelech that He did not allow him “to touch” Sarah, Abraham’s wife (cf. Proverbs …

1998 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Unclean, to Be.5

… to sexual “uncleanness.” Ṭûm'âh occurs twice in Leviticus 16:16 and refers to ethical and religious “uncleanness.”

1999 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Whoring, to Go; Harlot, to Be.3

sexual misconduct on the part of a male in the Old Testament. Part of the reason lies in the differing attitude in ancient Israel concerning sexual activity …

2000 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Whoring, to Go; Harlot, to Be.5

… such sexual activity with cult prostitutes, both male and female, who represented the gods and goddesses of the Canaanite fertility cult, would stimulate …