Quick Definition
to ravish
Strong's Definition
to copulate with
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: lie with, ravish.
TWOT Reference: 2327
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁגֵל (sha.gal) — to ravish. 1) to violate, ravish 1a) (Qal) to violate, ravish 1b) (Niphal) to be ravished 1c) (Pual) to be ravished
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שֵׁגַל
Copulate | verb qal, verb nif, verb pu'al
to have sex (with), to rape = action by which a man has sexual intercourse with a woman, whether with her consent or not; ≈ this is possibly a rather explicit term which could have been considered offensive by some people
1 DEU 28:30 · JER 3:2 MT-K ישׁגלנה | MT-Q יִשְׁכָּבֶנָּה 2 ISA 13:16 · ZEC 14:2 MT-K תשׁגלנה | MT-Q תִּשָּׁכַבְנָה
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁגֵל] vb. violate, ravish Qal Kt
Niph. women shall be ravished
Pu. < Qal pass. where hast thou not been ravished?
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