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Lexicon :: Strong's H2154 - zimmâ

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זִמָּה
Transliteration
zimmâ
Pronunciation
zim-maw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 556b

Strong’s Definitions

זִמָּה zimmâh, zim-maw'; or זַמָּה zammâh; from H2161; a plan, especially a bad one:—heinous crime, lewd(-ly, -ness), mischief, purpose, thought, wicked (device, mind, -ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's H2154 in the following manner: lewdness (14x), wickedness (4x), mischief (3x), lewd (2x), heinous crime (1x), wicked devices (1x), lewdly (1x), wicked mind (1x), purposes (1x), thought (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's H2154 in the following manner: lewdness (14x), wickedness (4x), mischief (3x), lewd (2x), heinous crime (1x), wicked devices (1x), lewdly (1x), wicked mind (1x), purposes (1x), thought (1x).

  1. plan, device, wickedness, evil plan, mischievous purpose

    1. plan, purpose

    2. evil device, wickedness

    3. not chaste, incest, licentiousness, adultery, idolatry, harlotry

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זִמָּה zimmâh, zim-maw'; or זַמָּה zammâh; from H2161; a plan, especially a bad one:—heinous crime, lewd(-ly, -ness), mischief, purpose, thought, wicked (device, mind, -ness).
STRONGS H2154: Abbreviations
† I. זִמָּה noun feminine plan, device, wickedness — absolute ז׳ Leviticus 18:17 + 17 times; construct זִמַּת Proverbs 24:9 + 2 times; suffix זִמָּתֵךְ Ezekiel 16:58 + 3 times; זִמַּתְכֶ֫נָֿה Ezekiel 23:48, 49; plural זמּוֺת Isaiah 32:7, suffix זִמֹּתַי Job 17:11; —
1. plan, purpose Job 17:3; elsewhere always
2. in bad sense:
a. evil device Isaiah 32:7 (with יעִץ, followed by לְחַבֵּל); זִמַּת אִוֶּלֶת Proverbs 24:9; compare Psalm 26:10 (|| שֹׁחַד), Psalm 119:150.
b. wickedness in act עשׂה ז׳ Hosea 6:9 (where murder in context), Proverbs 10:23; Proverbs 21:27 compare Now. Especially
c. of unchastity: incest Leviticus 18:17; Leviticus 20:14 (twice in verse), licentiousness Leviticus 19:29 (all H), Judges 20:6 (|| נְבָלָה), adultery Job 31:11; frequently (mostly Ezekiel) metaphor of idolatry of people under figure of harlotry and adultery Jeremiah 13:27 (זִמַּת זְנוּתֵךְ), Ezekiel 16:27 (דַּרְכֵךְ זִמָּה), Ezekiel 16:43; Ezekiel 16:58 (both || תּוֺעֵבָה), Ezekiel 22:9 (with עשׂה), Ezekiel 22:11 (טִמֵּא בְּזִמָּה, || תועבה), Ezekiel 23:21, 27 (|| זְנוּתֵךְ), Ezekiel 23:29 (עֶרְוַת זְנוּנַיִךְ וְזִמָּתֵךְ וְתַזְנוּתָ֑יִךְ), Ezekiel 23:35 (|| תַּזְנוּתָ֑יִךְ), Ezekiel 23:44 (אִשּׁוֺת הַזּ׳, Co לעשׂות ז׳), Ezekiel 23:48; Ezekiel 23:48; Ezekiel 23:49 (|| חֲטָאֵי גִלּוּלֵיכֶן), Ezekiel 24:13. [In Ezekiel 16:27, 43; Ezekiel 24:13 strike out Co, chiefly on internal grounds.]
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

18:17; 18:17; 19:29; 20:14

Judges

20:6

Job

17:3; 17:11; 31:11

Psalms

26:10; 119:150

Proverbs

10:23; 21:27; 24:9; 24:9

Isaiah

32:7; 32:7

Jeremiah

13:27

Ezekiel

16:27; 16:27; 16:43; 16:43; 16:58; 16:58; 22:9; 22:11; 23:21; 23:27; 23:29; 23:35; 23:44; 23:48; 23:48; 23:48; 23:49; 23:49; 24:13; 24:13

Hosea

6:9

H2154

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Strong's Number H2154 matches the Hebrew זִמָּה (zimmâ),
which occurs 29 times in 27 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:17 - "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:29 - Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:14 - "'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Yisra'el; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:11 - My days are past, my plans are broken off, As are the thoughts of my heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:11 - For that would be a heinous crime; Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:10 - In whose hands is wickedness, Their right hand is full of bribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:150

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:150 - They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 - It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, But wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:27 - The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:9 - The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:7 - The instruments of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries, and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Yerushalayim! you will not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:27 - See therefore, I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your ordinary food, and delivered you to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Pelishtim, who are ashamed of your lewd way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:43 - Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have raged against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring your way on your head, says the Lord GOD: and you shall not commit this lewdness with all your abominations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:58

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:58 - You have borne your lewdness and your abominations, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:9 - Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood; and in you they have eaten on the mountains: in the midst of you they have committed lewdness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:21 - Thus you called to memory the lewdness of your youth, in the handling of your bosom by the Mitzrim for the breasts of your youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:27 - Thus will I make your lewdness to cease from you, and your prostitution brought from the land of Mitzrayim; so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember Mitzrayim any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:29 - and they shall deal with you in hatred, and shall take away all your labor, and shall leave you naked and bare; and the nakedness of your prostitution shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your prostitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:35 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore bear you also your lewdness and your prostitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:44 - They went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute: so went they in to Oholah and to Oholivah, the lewd women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:48 - Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:49 - They shall recompense your lewdness on you, and you shall bear the sins of your idols; and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:13 - In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have cleansed you and you weren't cleansed, you shall not be cleansed from your filthiness any more, until I have caused my wrath toward you to rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:9 - As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, So the company of Kohanim murder in the way toward Shekhem, Committing shameful crimes.
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