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Leviticus 19

Lev. 19:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ye shall not make
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
any
kthobeth (Hebrew #3793)
a letter or other mark branded on the skin
KJV usage: X any (mark).
Pronounce: keth-o'-beth
Origin: from 3789
cuttings
seret (Hebrew #8296)
from 8295; an incision
KJV usage: cutting.
Pronounce: seh'-ret
Origin: and sareteth {saw-reh'-teth}
in your flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
for the dead
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
, nor print
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
any marks
qa`aqa` (Hebrew #7085)
an incision or gash
KJV usage: + mark.
Pronounce: kah-ak-ah'
Origin: from the same as 6970
upon you: I am the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Cuttings in the Flesh,
Flesh

Cross References

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cuttings.
Lev. 21:5• 5They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. (Lev. 21:5)
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Deut. 14:1• 1{i}Ye are sons of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for a dead person.{/i} (Deut. 14:1)
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1 Kings 18:28• 28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. (1 Kings 18:28)
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Jer. 16:6• 6Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them. (Jer. 16:6)
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Jer. 48:37• 37For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. (Jer. 48:37)
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Mark 5:5• 5And always, night and day, he was in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying, and cutting himself with stones. (Mark 5:5)
print.
Rev. 13:16‑17• 16And he causeth all, the little and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that they should give them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead,
 17and that no one may be able to buy or sell, save he that hath the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (Rev. 13:16‑17)
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Rev. 14:9,11• 9And another, a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If Anyone worshippeth the beast and his image, and receiveth a mark on his forehead or upon his hand,
 11and the smoke of their torment riseth up unto the ages of the ages; and they have no rest day and night, that worship the beast and his image, and if Anyone receiveth the mark of his name. (Rev. 14:9,11)
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Rev. 15:2• 2And I saw as a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those that won the victory over the beast, and over his image and over the number of his name, standing upon the sea of glass, having harps of God. (Rev. 15:2)
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Rev. 16:2• 2And the first went away and poured out his bowl unto the earth; and there came an evil and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and {i}upon{/i} those that worshipped his image. (Rev. 16:2)
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Rev. 19:20• 20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs before him, with which he deceived those that had received the mark of the beast and those that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone. (Rev. 19:20)
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Rev. 20:4• 4And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and the souls of those beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God; and those who had not worshipped the beast nor his image and had not received the mark upon {i}their{/i} forehead and upon their hand: and they lived and reigned with Christ [the] thousand years. (Rev. 20:4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And cuttings for a dead persona shall ye not make in your flesh, nor put any tattoo writing upon you: I am Jehovah.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "for a soul."

W. Kelly Translation

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Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I [am] Jehovah.