levir

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A husband's brother.
    — The tie between the childless widow and the levir exists automatically from the moment of widowhood. Thus a sexual relationship with anyone other than the levir would be adulterous, an offense punishable by the death penalty, according to Lev. 20:10 and Deut. 22:22.

词形变化

levirs plural

词源

Etymology tree
Late Latin lēvirbor.
English levir
Borrowed from Late Latin lēvir.
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