בִּקֹּרֶת
bikoret · inquiry, punishment
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1244 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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bikoret (בִּקֹּרֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “inquiry, punishment”.
A word found only in Leviticus 19:20: punishment, or an inquiry to decide it.
How to say it
bi·ko·ret
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A penalty set after inquiry into the case; the sense is somewhat uncertain.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Leviticus 19:20
And if a man lies with a woman with an emission of semen, and she is a slave woman promised to a man, but she has not been redeemed at all nor been given her freedom, there shall be punishment; they shall not be put to death, for she was not free.