1. Leviticus 18:23 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does the word “perversion” mean?

Leviticus 18:23 (ESV)

23 And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it, neither shall any woman give herself to an animal to lie with it: it is perversion.

The word perversion (tě’ḇěl) is derived from the Hebrew root that means, to confuse or mix. In this instance it refers to the violation of God’s divine order for creation.