KJV dictionary & concordance

lewdness

Meaning of “lewdness”

Shameless or gross wickedness; sexual immorality or indecency; serious wrongdoing.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

17 occurrences16 verses5 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Judges 20:6

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “lewdness”

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Jeremiah 11:15

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What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Jeremiah 11:15 · retained source text

What hath my beloued to doe in mine house, seeing shee hath wrought lewdnesse with many? and the holy flesh is passed from thee: when thou doest euill, then thou reioycest.

1611 marginal noteHeb. what is to my beloued in my house?

1611 marginal noteOr, when thy euill is.

1611 marginal noteIsai. 1.11. &c.

Jeremiah 13:27

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I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Jeremiah 13:27 · retained source text

I haue seene thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdnesse of thy whordome, and thine abominations on the hils in the fields: woe vnto thee, O Ierusalem, wilt thou not bee made cleane? when shall it once be?

1611 marginal noteHeb. after when yet?