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Lewd; Lewdness:
lud, lud'-nes (zimmah, mezimmah, nabhluth; poneros, rhadiourgema):
1. In the Old Testament:
There are three Hebrew words translated "lewd," "lewdness":
(1) Zimmah, meaning a "plan," a "purpose," so translated several times and then shading off into "evil plan"; translated also "heinous crime," "wicked purpose or device." It is the most frequent word for "lewdness": Eze 16:27, "lewd way"; found in Jud 20:6; Eze 16:27,43,58; 22:9,11; 23:21,27,29,35,44-48,49; 24:13; Ho 6:9.
(2) Mezimmah means a "plan," generally "(evil) machination"; used only in Jer 11:15, "lewdness."
(3) Nabhluth, meaning "disgrace" in reference to females. Found only in Ho 2:10; the American Revised Version margin "shame."
2. In the New Testament:
The word translated "lewd," "lewdness" in the King James Version occurs only twice in the New Testament, and in each instance is more correctly translated in the Revised Version (British and American) by another word:
(1) Poneros, found in Ac 17:5, translated in the American Standard Revised Version "vile." The Greek word elsewhere is translated "bad," "evil," "grievous," "harmful," "malicious," "wicked." the King James Version "lewd" gives the wrong impression. The idea of unchastity is not present in the text or context.
(2) Rhadiourgema likewise occurs only once, namely, Ac 18:14, and is correctly translated in the Revised Version (British and American) and the American Standard Revised Version "wicked villany." The thought of impurity or lewdness is foreign to the meaning in this connection.
Written by William Edward Raffety
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