Judges 19:2
And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.
And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him vnto her fathers house to Bethlehem Iudah, and was there ‖foure whole moneths.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, a yeere and foure moneths. Heb. dayes, foure moneths.
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- Ezekiel 16:28Rank 1 from verse 2
28Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
28Thou hast played the whoore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast vnsatiable: yea thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
- Deuteronomy 22:21Rank 2 from verse 2
21Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
21Then they shall bring out the damosell to the doore of her fathers house, and the men of her city shal stone her with stones that she die, because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her fathers house: so shalt thou put euill away from among you.
- Leviticus 21:9Rank 3 from verse 2
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Judges 19:2
A woman joined to a man in a recognized but secondary marital relation.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of play. Sense 1: To engage in recreation, sport, contest, lively movement, or musical performance. Sense 2: To act or conduct oneself in a stated role or manner.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A woman who engages in prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse. Sense 2: Figuratively, a city or people portrayed as unfaithful.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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1. Entire or complete. 2. Sound or restored to health.
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Successive measured divisions of the year.
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19:1AND it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
19:1¶ And it came to passe in those dayes, *when there was no King in Israel, that there was a certaine Leuite soiourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who tooke to him †a concubine out of Bethlehem Iudah.
19:2And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.
19:2And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him vnto her fathers house to Bethlehem Iudah, and was there ‖foure whole moneths.
Selected passage19:3And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
19:3And her husband arose, and went after her to speake †friendly vnto her, and to bring her againe, hauing his seruant with him, and a couple of asses: and shee brought him into her fathers house, and when the father of the damsell saw him, he reioyced to meet him.
19:4And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
19:4And his father in law, the damosels father, reteined him, and hee abode with him three dayes: so they did eate and drinke, and lodged there.