How many time is homosexuality in the Bible?

Answer 1

Zero times. The Bible never mentioned homosexuality. However, there are a few verses that some Christians use to persecute gay people. The most notable is Leviticus 18:22 which Christians interpret to be a ban on all same-sex activity.

But this is only one interpretation. For example, many Jews interpret that verse to refer to the rape of enemies for the purpose of humiliation. Other Jews interpret that as only referring to very specific sex acts, and not all forms of homosexual behavior.

Answer 2

The exact word is not used in most translations of the Bible - but the topic is definitely discussed.

(Romans 1:24-27) Therefore God, in keeping with the desires of their hearts, gave them up to uncleanness, that their bodies might be dishonored among them, 25 even those who exchanged the truth of God for the lie and venerated and rendered sacred service to the creation rather than the One who created, who is blessed forever. Amen. 26 That is why God gave them up to disgraceful sexual appetites, for both their females changed the natural use of themselves into one contrary to nature; 27 and likewise even the males left the natural use of the female and became violently inflamed in their lust toward one another, males with males, working what is obscene and receiving in themselves the full recompense, which was due for their error.

(1 Timothy 1:9-11) in the knowledge of this fact, that law is promulgated, not for a righteous man, but for persons lawless and unruly, ungodly and sinners, lacking loving-kindness, and profane, murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, manslayers, 10 fornicators, men who lie with males, kidnappers, liars, false swearers, and whatever other thing is in opposition to the healthful teaching 11 according to the glorious good news of the happy God, with which I was entrusted.

(Leviticus 20:13) "'And when a man lies down with a male the same as one lies down with a woman, both of them have done a detestable thing. They should be put to death without fail. Their own blood is upon them.

(Jude 7) So too Sod′om and Go·mor′rah and the cities about them, after they in the same manner as the foregoing ones had committed fornication excessively and gone out after flesh for unnatural use, are placed before [us] as a [warning] example by undergoing the judicial punishment of everlasting fire.

(Genesis 19:4, 5) Before they could lie down, the men of the city, the men of Sod′om, surrounded the house, from boy to old man, all the people in one mob. 5 And they kept calling out to Lot and saying to him: "Where are the men who came in to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have intercourse with them."

(Genesis 19:24, 25) Then Jehovah made it rain sulphur and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens, upon Sod′om and upon Go·mor′rah. 25 So he went ahead overthrowing these cities, even the entire District and all the inhabitants of the cities and the plants of the ground.

(1 Corinthians 6:9, 10) 9 What! Do YOU not know that unrighteous persons will not inherit God's kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men, 10 nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit God's kingdom.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 New English Translation (NET)9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals, 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Answer 3

Zero times. The Bible never mentioned homosexuality. However, there are a few verses that some Christians use to persecute gay people. The most notable is Leviticus 18:22 which Christians interpret to be a ban on all same-sex activity.

But this is only one interpretation. For example, many Jews interpret that verse to refer to the rape of enemies for the purpose of humiliation. Other Jews interpret that as only referring to very specific sex acts, and not all forms of homosexual behavior.