זוֹב
zov
discharge
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "זוֹב" (zov) translated as "discharge" is used 13 times in the Bible. The definition of "discharge" suggests a sudden or violent release of a fluid or content. This word can refer to various types of releases, including bodily discharges, releases of fluids from the earth, or perhaps even the outflow of emotions. The 13 occurrences of "zov" in the Bible indicate a range of usage that includes bodily discharges, such as menstruation (Leviticus 15:33), the release of a seminal emission (Leviticus 15:16), and even the flow of water from a well (1 Samuel 25:11). This word also suggests a sense of urgency or rapid release. The significance of "zov" in the Bible may be its association with purity and impurity, as it often relates to conditions that require separation from the community or a specific ritual cleansing.
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Occurrences in Scripture
13 total occurrences across the text
“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When any man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean.
Leviticus 15:3This shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body has stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness.
Leviticus 15:3This shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body has stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness.
Leviticus 15:3This shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body has stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness.
Leviticus 15:13“ ‘When he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
Leviticus 15:15The priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. The priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh for his discharge.
Leviticus 15:19“ ‘If a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her flesh is blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days. Whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 15:25“ ‘If a woman has a discharge of her blood many days not in the time of her period, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her period, all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness shall be as in the days of her period. She is unclean.
Leviticus 15:25“ ‘If a woman has a discharge of her blood many days not in the time of her period, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her period, all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness shall be as in the days of her period. She is unclean.
Leviticus 15:26Every bed she lies on all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her period. Everything she sits on shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her period.
Leviticus 15:28“ ‘But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she shall count to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
Leviticus 15:30The priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before Yahweh for the uncleanness of her discharge.
Leviticus 15:33and of her who has her period, and of a man or woman who has a discharge, and of him who lies with her who is unclean.