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Lexicon :: Strong's H2154 - zimmâ

Aa
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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 BoxLev 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:17 - You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:29 - Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:14 - And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - So I took her, cutting her into parts which I sent through all the country of the heritage of Israel: for they have done an act of shame in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:11 - My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:11 - For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:10 - In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:150

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:150 - Those who have evil designs against me come near; they are far from your law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 - It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:27 - The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:9 - The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:7 - The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - I have seen your disgusting acts, even your false behaviour and your cries of desire and your loose ways on the hills in the field. Unhappy are you, O Jerusalem, you have no desire to be made clean; how long will you be in turning back to me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:27 - Now, then, my hand is stretched out against you, cutting down your fixed amount, and I have given you up to the desire of your haters, the daughters of the Philistines who are shamed by your loose ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:43 - Because you have not kept in mind the days when you were young, but have been troubling me with all these things; for this reason I will make the punishment of your ways come on your head, says the Lord, because you have done this evil thing in addition to all your disgusting acts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:58

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:58 - The reward of your evil designs and your disgusting ways has come on you, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:9 - In you there are men who say evil of others, causing death; in you they have taken the flesh with the blood for food; in your streets they have put evil designs into effect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:21 - And she made the memory of the loose ways of her early years come back to mind, when her young breasts were crushed by the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:27 - So I will put an end to your evil ways and your loose behaviour which came from the land of Egypt: and your eyes will never be lifted up to them again, and you will have no more memory of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:29 - And they will take you in hand with hate, and take away all the fruit of your work, and let you be unveiled and without clothing: and the shame of your loose behaviour will be uncovered, your evil designs and your loose ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:35 - So this is what the Lord has said: Because you have not kept me in your memory, and because your back has been turned to me, you will even undergo the punishment of your evil designs and your loose ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:44 - And they went in to her, as men go to a loose woman: so they went in to Oholibah, the loose woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:48 - And I will put an end to evil in all the land, teaching all women not to do as you have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:49 - And I will send on you the punishment of your evil ways, and you will be rewarded for your sins with your images: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:13 - As for your unclean purpose: because I have been attempting to make you clean, but you have not been made clean from it, you will not be made clean till I have let loose my passion on you in full measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:9 - And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design.
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