HebrewH8397Noun (Masculine)

תֶּ֫בֶל

te.vel

“perversion”

2Occurrences

H8397Strong's #

Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

mixture, i.e. unnatural bestiality

apparently from H1101 (בָּלַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

confusion (violation of nature or divine order) 1a) perversion (in sexual sin)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

תֶּ֫בֶל appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Leviticus

Key Passages

Leviticus 18:23BSB

You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.

Leviticus 20:12BSB

If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.