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Lexicon :: Strong's H5003 - nā'ap̄

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נָאַף
Transliteration
nā'ap̄
Pronunciation
naw-af'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1273

Strong’s Definitions

נָאַף nâʼaph, naw-af'; a primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize:—adulterer(-ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H5003 in the following manner: adultery (17x), adulterer (8x), adulteress (4x), adulterous (1x), women that break wedlock (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's H5003 in the following manner: adultery (17x), adulterer (8x), adulteress (4x), adulterous (1x), women that break wedlock (1x).

  1. to commit adultery

    1. (Qal)

      1. to commit adultery

        1. usually of man

          1. always with wife of another

        2. adultery (of women) (participle)

      2. idolatrous worship (fig.)

    2. (Piel)

      1. to commit adultery

        1. of man

        2. adultery (of women) (participle)

      2. idolatrous worship (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָאַף nâʼaph, naw-af'; a primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize:—adulterer(-ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock.
STRONGS H5003: Abbreviations
† [נאַף] verb commit adultery (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic נְאַף (rare)): —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִנְאַף Leviticus 20:10 (twice in verse); 3rd person masculine plural וַיִּנְאָ֑פוּ Jeremiah 5:7 3 times Imperfect; Infinitive absolute נָאוֺף Jeremiah 23:14; נָאֹף Hosea 4:2; Jeremiah 7:9; Participle נֹאֵף Proverbs 6:32; Job 24:15; feminine singular נֹאָ֑פֶת Leviticus 20:10; feminine plural נֹאֲפוֺת Ezekiel 16:38 2 times; —
1. literally commit adultery:
a. usually of man, always with wife of another; with accusative woman, Leviticus 20:10 (twice in verse) (H), Proverbs 6:32; elsewhere absolute Exodus 20:14 = Deuteronomy 5:17 (Ten Words), Jeremiah 5:7; Jeremiah 7:9; Jeremiah 23:14; Hosea 4:2; participle masculine Leviticus 20:10 (H), Job 24:15.
b. of women, only participle Leviticus 20:10 (H), Ezekiel 16:38; Ezekiel 23:45 (twice in verse).
2. figurative of idolatrous worship, את האבן ואת העץ Jeremiah 3:9.
Piel Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נִאֲפָה Jeremiah 3:8; 3rd person masculine plural נִאֵ֑פוּ Ezekiel 23:37 (twice in verse); Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יְנַאֲפוּ Jeremiah 29:23; 3rd person feminine plural תְּנָאַפְנָה Hosea 4:13,14; Participle מְנָאֵף Isaiah 57:3; plural מְנָאֲפִים Jeremiah 9:1 4 times; feminine מְנָאָ֑פֶת Proverbs 30:20 2 times; —
1. literally commit adultery:
a. of man, with accusative woman, Jeremiah 29:23; absolute Ezekiel 23:37; pt plural Jeremiah 9:2; Jeremiah 23:10; Hosea 7:4; Malachi 3:5; Psalm 50:18.
b. of woman, absolute Hosea 4:13,14; participle Hosea 3:1; Proverbs 30:20; plural Ezekiel 16:32.
2. figurative of idolatrous worship, אֶתגִּֿלּוּלֵיהֶם Ezekiel 23:37; absolute Jeremiah 3:8, זֶאֶרַע מְנָאֵף Isaiah 57:3.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

20:14

Leviticus

20:10; 20:10; 20:10; 20:10; 20:10

Deuteronomy

5:17

Job

24:15; 24:15

Psalms

50:18

Proverbs

6:32; 6:32; 30:20; 30:20

Isaiah

57:3; 57:3

Jeremiah

3:8; 3:8; 3:9; 5:7; 5:7; 7:9; 7:9; 9:1; 9:2; 23:10; 23:14; 23:14; 29:23; 29:23

Ezekiel

16:32; 16:38; 16:38; 23:37; 23:37; 23:37; 23:45

Hosea

3:1; 4:2; 4:2; 4:13; 4:13; 4:14; 4:14; 7:4

Malachi

3:5

H5003

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5003 matches the Hebrew נָאַף (nā'ap̄),
which occurs 31 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:14 - Thou shalt not commit adultery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:10 - And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:18 - Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 -
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight,
Saying, No eye shall see me:
And he disguiseth his face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:18 -
When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him,
And hast been partaker with adulterers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:32 -
He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding:
He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:20 -
So is the way of an adulterous woman;
She eateth, and wipeth her mouth,
And saith, I have done no wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:3 - But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:8 - And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:9 - And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 - How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots’ houses;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:2 - Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. And their course is evil, and their might is not right;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:14 - In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:23 - because they have wrought folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I commanded them not; and I am he that knoweth, and am witness, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:32 - A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:38 - And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring upon thee the blood of wrath and jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:37 - For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery; and they have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass through the fire unto them to be devoured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:45 - And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:1 - And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13 - They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters play the harlot, and your brides commit adultery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:14 - I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:4 - They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
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