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Lexicon :: Strong's H2610 - ḥānēp̄

Aa
חָנֵף
Transliteration
ḥānēp̄
Pronunciation
khaw-nafe'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 696

Strong’s Definitions

חָנֵף chânêph, khaw-nafe'; a primitive root; to soil, especially in a moral sense:—corrupt, defile, × greatly, pollute, profane.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H2610 in the following manner: pollute (4x), defile (4x), greatly (1x), corrupt (1x), profane 1.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H2610 in the following manner: pollute (4x), defile (4x), greatly (1x), corrupt (1x), profane 1.

  1. to be profaned, be defiled, be polluted, be corrupt

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be polluted

      2. to be profane, be godless

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to pollute

      2. to make profane, make godless, cause to be defiled

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָנֵף chânêph, khaw-nafe'; a primitive root; to soil, especially in a moral sense:—corrupt, defile, × greatly, pollute, profane.
STRONGS H2610: Abbreviations
† [חָנֵף] verb be polluted, profane (Arabic حَنَفَ incline, decline, hence حَنِيفً inclining to a right state, but in Hebrew of inclining away from right, irreligion, profaneness, compare حَنِفَ have a حَنَفً i.e. distortion of foot; Syriac in derivatives be profane, etc.; Late Hebrew Hiph., Aramaic Aph`el act falsely toward, flatter, חֲנוּפָה hypocrisy; Assyrian hanpu, ruthlessness; hanâpu, exercise ruthlessness toward, Tel Amarna Zim ZA vi, 1891, 256) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular חָֽנְפָה Isaiah 24:5; 3rd person plural חָנֵפ֑וּ Jeremiah 23:11; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֶּחְֶנַף Jeremiah 3:1; תֱּהֶָנ֑ף Micah 4:11; וֵתֶּחֱנַף Jeremiah 3:9; Psalm 106:38; Infinitive absolute חָנוֺף Jeremiah 3:1; —
1. be polluted: of land Isaiah 24:5; Jeremiah 3:1 (twice in verse); Psalm 106:38; of Zion Micah 4:11.
2. of prophet and priest＝be חָנֵף (compare below) i.e. profane, godless Jeremiah 23:11. — apparently transitive וַתֶּחֱנַף את הארץ, Gf strike out את, Gie cites Ges § 121,1, but read rather Hiph. וַתַּחֲנֵף with Manuscripts Greek Version of the LXX Ew and others (see also Gf. Gie).
Hiph. Imperfect יַחֲנִיף Numbers 35:33; Daniel 11:32; 2nd person feminine singular וַתַּחֲנִ֫יפִי Jeremiah 3:2; 2nd person masculine plural תַּחֲנִ֫יפוּ; —
1. pollute: the land Numbers 35:33 (twice in verse) (by blood; P), Jeremiah 3:2 (by idolatry, etc.) + Jeremiah 3:9 (see above)
2. make profane, godless Daniel 11:32 with accusative of person
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

35:33; 35:33

Psalms

106:38; 106:38

Isaiah

24:5; 24:5

Jeremiah

3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:2; 3:2; 3:9; 3:9; 23:11; 23:11

Daniel

11:32; 11:32

Micah

4:11; 4:11

H2610

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2610 matches the Hebrew חָנֵף (ḥānēp̄),
which occurs 11 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:33 - ‘So you shall not defile H2610 the land H776 in which H834 you live; for blood H1818 defiles H2610 the land H776, and no H3808 atonement H3722 can be made H3722 for the land H776 for the blood H1818 that is shed H8210 on it, except H3588 H518 by the blood H1818 of the one who shed H8210 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:38

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:38 -

And shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818,

The blood H1818 of their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323

Whom H834 they sacrificed H2076 to the idols H6091 of Canaan H3667;

And the land H776 was defiled H2610 with the blood H1818.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:5 - The earth H776 is also defiled H2610 [fn]by its inhabitants H3427, for they violated H5674 laws H8451, altered H2498 statutes H2706, and broke H6565 the everlasting H5769 covenant H1285.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:1 -

God [fn]says H559, “If H2005 a husband H376 divorces H7971 his wife H802

And she leaves H1980 H4480 him

And becomes H1961 another H312 man’s H376 wife,

Will he return H7725 to her again H570?

Would that land H776 not be completely H2610 defiled H2610?

But you are a prostitute H2181 with many H7227 [fn]lovers H7453;

Yet you turn H7725 to Me,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:2 -

“Raise H5375 your eyes H5869 to the bare H8205 heights H8205 and see H7200;

Where H375 have you not been violated H7693?

You have sat H3427 for them by the roads H1870

Like an Arab H6163 in the desert H4057,

And you have defiled H2610 a land H776

With your prostitution H2183 and your wickedness H7451.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:9 - “And because H4480 of the thoughtlessness H6963 of her prostitution H2184, she defiled H2610 the land H776 and committed H5003 [fn]adultery H5003 with stones H68 and trees H6086.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:11 -

“For both H1571 prophet H5030 and priest H3548 are defiled H2610;

Even H1571 in My house H1004 I have found H4672 their wickedness H7451,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:32 - “And by smooth H2514 words he will [fn]turn H2610 to H2610 godlessness H2610 those who act H7561 wickedly H7561 toward the covenant H1285, but the people H5971 who know H3045 their God H430 will be strong H2388 and take H6213 action H6213.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:11 -

“And now H6258 many H7227 nations H1471 have been assembled H622 against H5921 you

Who say H559, ‘Let her be defiled H2610,

And let our eyes H5869 [fn]gloat H2372 over Zion H6726!’

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