Lewd
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Ezekiel 16:27
- Last Reference: Acts 17:5
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
LEWD, adjective [Heb.]
1. Given to the unlawful indulgence of lust; addicted to fornication or adultery; dissolute; lustful; libidinous.
2. Proceeding from unlawful lust; as lewd actions.
3. Wicked; vile; profligate; licentious. Acts 27:1.
LEWD, adjective [Latin gnes, from geno.] Lay; laical; not clerical. obsolete
LEWD'LY, adverb
1. With the unlawful indulgence of lust; lustfully.
2. Wickedly; wantonly.
(Acts 18:14), villany or wickedness, not lewdness in the modern sense of the word. The word "lewd" is from the Saxon, and means properly "ignorant," "unlearned," and hence low, vicious (Acts 17:5).
LEWD'NESS, noun
1. The unlawful indulgence of lust; fornication, or adultery.
2. In Scripture, it generally denotes idolatry.
3. Licentiousness; shamelessness.
LEWD'STER, noun One given to the criminal indulgence of lust; a lecher. [Not used.]