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iniquity

Meaning of “iniquity”

Wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

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First occurrence: Genesis 15:16

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Leviticus 7:18
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 7:18 · retained source text

And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shal it be imputed vnto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soule that eateth of it, shall beare his iniquitie.

Leviticus 10:17
Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 10:17 · retained source text

Wherefore haue ye not eaten the sinne offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath giuen it you to beare the iniquitie of the Congregation, to make atonement for them, before the LORD?

Leviticus 17:16
But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 17:16 · retained source text

But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shal beare his iniquity.

Leviticus 19:8
Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 19:8 · retained source text

Therefore euery one that eateth it, shal beare his iniquitie, because he hath prophaned the halowed thing of the LORD; and that soule shalbe cut off from among his people.

Leviticus 20:17
And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 20:17 · retained source text

And if a man shall take his sister, his fathers daughter, or his mothers daughter, and see her nakednesse, and she see his nakednesse, it is a wicked thing, and they shall bee cut off in the sight of their people: he hath vncouered his sisters nakednesse, he shall beare his iniquitie.

Leviticus 20:19
And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 20:19 · retained source text

And thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy mothers sister, nor of thy fathers sister: for hee vncouereth his neere kinne: they shall beare their iniquitie.

Leviticus 22:16
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 22:16 · retained source text

Or suffer them to beare the iniquitie of trespasse, when they eate their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctifie them.

1611 marginal noteOr, lade themselues with the iniquity of trespasse in their eating.

Leviticus 26:39
And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 26:39 · retained source text

And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquitie in your enemies lands, and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

Leviticus 26:40
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 26:40 · retained source text

If they shall confesse the iniquitie of their fathers, with their trespasse which they trespassed against me, and that also they haue walked contrary vnto me:

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