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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
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in every form of it was sternly condemned by the Mosaic law (Leviticus 21:9; 19:29; Deuteronomy 22:20, 21, 23-29; 23:18; Exodus 22:16). (See ADULTERY.) But this word is more frequently used in a symbolical than in its ordinary sense. It frequently means a forsaking of God or a following after idols (Isaiah 1:2; Jeremiah 2:20; Ezekiel 16; Hos. 1:2; 2:1-5; Jeremiah 3:8,9).
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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.
for-ni-ka'-shun.
See CRIMES.