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lewd

Meaning of “lewd”

1. Sexually immoral. 2. Wicked or vile.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
3 occurrences3 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Ezekiel 16:27

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Every verse containing “lewd”

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Ezekiel 16:27
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Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:27 · retained source text

Behold therefore, I haue stretched out my hand ouer thee, and haue diminished thine ordinarie foode, and deliuered thee vnto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.

1611 marginal noteOr, cities.

Ezekiel 23:44
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Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 23:44 · retained source text

Yet they went in vnto her, as they goe in vnto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in vnto Aholah & vnto Aholibah the lewd women.

Acts 17:5
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¶ But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 17:5 · retained source text

¶ But the Iewes which beleeued not, mooued with enuie, tooke vnto them certaine lewd fellowes of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the citie on an vprore, and assaulted the house of Iason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

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Webster 1828

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Given to unlawful lust; dissolute or lustful. Wicked; vile; profligate; licentious.

volume 2, leaf 56, column 2 (main_dictionary)