Levir
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Levir is a noun meaning A husband's brother.
Meaning
A husband's brother.
Example Sentences
Levirate marriage protects a levir's sexual property and a dead man's entitlement. The former, however, serves the latter.
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.
Word Forms
- levirs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include brother-in-law, levirate, brother-husband, leviration, husband-in-law, sibling-in-law.
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