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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 - 'The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they are her relations; it is wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:29 - 'Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath been full of wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:14 - 'And a man who taketh the woman and her mother -- it is wickedness; with fire they burn him and them, and there is no wickedness in your midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - and I lay hold on my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and send her into all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have done wickedness and folly in Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:11 - My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:11 - For it is a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:10 - In whose hand is a wicked device, And their right hand is full of bribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:150

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:150 - Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 - To execute inventions is as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:27 - The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:9 - The thought of folly is sin, And an abomination to man is a scorner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:7 - And the miser -- his instruments are evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Wo to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when is it again?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:27 - And lo, I have stretched out My hand against thee, And I diminish thy portion, And give thee to the desire of those hating thee, The daughters of the Philistines, Who are ashamed of thy wicked way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:43 - Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, And dost give trouble to Me in all these, Lo, even I also thy way at first gave up, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I did not this thought for all thine abominations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:58

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:58 - Thy devices and thine abominations, Thou hast borne them, an affirmation of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:9 - Men of slander have been in thee to shed blood, And on the mountains they have eaten in thee, Wickedness they have done in thy midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - And each with the wife of his neighbour hath done abomination, And each his daughter-in-law hath defiled through wickedness, And each his sister, his father's daughter, hath humbled in thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:21 - Thou lookest after the wickedness of thy youth, In dealing out of Egypt thy loves, For the sake of the breasts of thy youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:27 - And I have caused thy wickedness to cease from thee, And thy whoredoms out of the land of Egypt, And thou liftest not up thine eyes unto them, And Egypt thou dost not remember again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:29 - And they have dealt with thee in hatred, And they have taken all thy labour, And they have left thee naked and bare, And revealed hath been the nakedness of thy whoredoms, And the wickedness of thy whoredoms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:35 - Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten Me, And thou dost cast Me behind thy back, Even thou also bear thy wickedness and thy whoredoms.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:44 - And they come in unto her, As the coming in unto a whorish woman, So they have come in unto Aholah, And unto Aholibah -- the wicked women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:48 - And I have caused wickedness to cease from the land, And instructed have been all the women, And they do not according to your wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:49 - And they have put your wickedness on you, And the sins of your idols ye bear, And ye have known that I am the Lord Jehovah!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:13 - In thine uncleanness is wickedness, Because I have cleansed thee, And thou hast not been cleansed, From thine uncleanness thou art not cleansed again, Till I have caused My fury to rest on thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:9 - And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder -- the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.
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