2154. zimmah
Strong's Concordance
zimmah: a plan, device, wickedness
Original Word: זִמָּה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: zimmah
Phonetic Spelling: (zim-maw')
Short Definition: lewdness
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. זִמָּה noun feminine plan, device, wickedness — absolute ׳ז Leviticus 18:17 17t.; construct זִמַּת Proverbs 24:9 2t.; suffix זִמָּתֵךְ Ezekiel 16:58 + 3t.; 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.]

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
heinous crime, lewdly mischief, wicked device

Or zammah {zam-maw'}; from zamam; a plan, especially a bad one -- heinous crime, lewd(-ly, -ness), mischief, purpose, thought, wicked (device, mind, -ness).

see HEBREW zamam

Forms and Transliterations
בְזִמָּ֑ה בְזִמָּ֥ה בזמה הַזִּמָּ֔ה הַזִּמָּֽה׃ הזמה הזמה׃ וְזִמָּתֵ֖ךְ וזמתך זִמַּ֣ת זִמַּתְכֶ֙נָה֙ זִמָּ֑ה זִמָּ֖ה זִמָּ֣ה זִמָּ֥ה זִמָּֽה׃ זִמָּתֵ֖ךְ זִמָּתֵ֥ךְ זִמָּתֵךְ֙ זִמֹּתַ֣י זִמּ֣וֹת זמה זמה׃ זמות זמת זמתי זמתך זמתכנה כְּזִמַּתְכֶֽנָה׃ כזמתכנה׃ ḇə·zim·māh ḇəzimmāh haz·zim·māh hazzimMah hazzimmāh kə·zim·maṯ·ḵe·nāh kezimmatChenah kəzimmaṯḵenāh vezimMah vezimmaTech wə·zim·mā·ṯêḵ wəzimmāṯêḵ zim·mā·ṯêḵ zim·māh zim·maṯ zim·maṯ·ḵe·nāh zim·mō·ṯay zim·mō·wṯ zimMah zimmāh zimMat zimmaṯ zimmatChenah zimmaTech zimmāṯêḵ zimmaṯḵenāh zimMot zimmoTai zimmōṯay zimmōwṯ
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29 Occurrences


haz·zim·māh — 2 Occ.
kə·zim·maṯ·ḵe·nāh — 1 Occ.
ḇə·zim·māh — 2 Occ.
wə·zim·mā·ṯêḵ — 1 Occ.
zim·māh — 14 Occ.
zim·maṯ — 3 Occ.
zim·maṯ·ḵe·nāh — 1 Occ.
zim·mā·ṯêḵ — 3 Occ.
zim·mō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
zim·mō·ṯay — 1 Occ.

Leviticus 18:17
HEB: שַׁאֲרָ֥ה הֵ֖נָּה זִמָּ֥ה הִֽוא
NAS: they are blood relatives. It is lewdness.
KJV: [for] they [are] her near kinswomen: it [is] wickedness.
INT: kinswomen in is lewdness he

Leviticus 19:29
HEB: וּמָלְאָ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ זִמָּֽה׃
NAS: and the land become full of lewdness.
KJV: become full of wickedness.
INT: become and the land of lewdness

Leviticus 20:14
HEB: וְאֶת־ אִמָּ֖הּ זִמָּ֣ה הִ֑וא בָּאֵ֞שׁ
NAS: and her mother, it is immorality; both he and they shall be burned
KJV: and her mother, it [is] wickedness: they shall be burnt
INT: A woman mother is immorality he fire

Leviticus 20:14
HEB: וְלֹא־ תִהְיֶ֥ה זִמָּ֖ה בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃
NAS: so that there will be no immorality in your midst.
KJV: with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among
INT: will be no become immorality your midst

Judges 20:6
HEB: כִּ֥י עָשׂ֛וּ זִמָּ֥ה וּנְבָלָ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
NAS: for they have committed a lewd and disgraceful act
KJV: for they have committed lewdness and folly
INT: for have committed A lewd and disgraceful Israel

Job 17:11
HEB: יָמַ֣י עָ֭בְרוּ זִמֹּתַ֣י נִתְּק֑וּ מ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣י
NAS: are past, my plans are torn apart,
KJV: are past, my purposes are broken off,
INT: my days are past my plans are torn the wishes

Job 31:11
HEB: (הִ֥יא ק) זִמָּ֑ה [וְהִיא כ]
NAS: For that would be a lustful crime; Moreover, it would be an iniquity
KJV: For this [is] an heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity
INT: for he lustful he would be an iniquity

Psalm 26:10
HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ בִּידֵיהֶ֥ם זִמָּ֑ה וִֽ֝ימִינָ֗ם מָ֣לְאָה
NAS: hands is a wicked scheme, And whose right hand
KJV: In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand
INT: whose hands wicked right is full

Psalm 119:150
HEB: קָ֭רְבוּ רֹדְפֵ֣י זִמָּ֑ה מִתּוֹרָתְךָ֥ רָחָֽקוּ׃
NAS: Those who follow after wickedness draw near;
KJV: that follow after mischief: they are far
INT: draw follow wickedness your law are far

Proverbs 10:23
HEB: לִ֭כְסִיל עֲשׂ֣וֹת זִמָּ֑ה וְ֝חָכְמָ֗ה לְאִ֣ישׁ
NAS: Doing wickedness is like sport
KJV: to do mischief: but a man
INT: to a fool Doing wickedness wisdom to a man

Proverbs 21:27
HEB: אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־ בְזִמָּ֥ה יְבִיאֶֽנּוּ׃
NAS: when he brings it with evil intent!
KJV: how much more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
INT: How when evil brings

Proverbs 24:9
HEB: זִמַּ֣ת אִוֶּ֣לֶת חַטָּ֑את
NAS: The devising of folly is sin,
KJV: The thought of foolishness [is] sin:
INT: the devising of folly is sin

Isaiah 32:7
HEB: רָעִ֑ים ה֚וּא זִמּ֣וֹת יָעָ֔ץ לְחַבֵּ֤ל
NAS: He devises wicked schemes To destroy
KJV: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy
INT: are evil he wicked devises to destroy

Jeremiah 13:27
HEB: נִֽאֻפַ֤יִךְ וּמִצְהֲלוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ זִמַּ֣ת זְנוּתֵ֔ךְ עַל־
NAS: and your [lustful] neighings, The lewdness of your prostitution
KJV: and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom,
INT: your adulteries and your neighings the lewdness of your prostitution on

Ezekiel 16:27
HEB: הַנִּכְלָמ֖וֹת מִדַּרְכֵּ֥ךְ זִמָּֽה׃
NAS: who are ashamed of your lewd conduct.
KJV: which are ashamed of thy lewd way.
INT: are ashamed conduct of your lewd

Ezekiel 16:43
HEB: ק) אֶת־ הַזִּמָּ֔ה עַ֖ל כָּל־
NAS: so that you will not commit this lewdness on top
KJV: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.
INT: not accomplish lewdness top of all

Ezekiel 16:58
HEB: אֶת־ זִמָּתֵ֥ךְ וְאֶת־ תּוֹעֲבוֹתַ֖יִךְ
NAS: You have borne [the penalty of] your lewdness and abominations,
KJV: Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations,
INT: your lewdness and abominations You

Ezekiel 22:9
HEB: אָ֣כְלוּ בָ֔ךְ זִמָּ֖ה עָשׂ֥וּ בְתוֹכֵֽךְ׃
NAS: they have committed acts of lewdness.
KJV: of thee they commit lewdness.
INT: the mountain have eaten acts have committed your midst

Ezekiel 22:11
HEB: כַּלָּת֖וֹ טִמֵּ֣א בְזִמָּ֑ה וְאִ֛ישׁ אֶת־
NAS: and another has lewdly defiled
KJV: and another hath lewdly defiled
INT: his daughter-in-law defiled has lewdly and another his sister

Ezekiel 23:21
HEB: וַֽתִּפְקְדִ֔י אֵ֖ת זִמַּ֣ת נְעוּרָ֑יִךְ בַּעְשׂ֤וֹת
NAS: Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth,
KJV: Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth,
INT: longed the lewdness of your youth handled

Ezekiel 23:27
HEB: וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֤י זִמָּתֵךְ֙ מִמֵּ֔ךְ וְאֶת־
NAS: Thus I will make your lewdness and your harlotry
KJV: Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease
INT: to cease your lewdness at and your harlotry

Ezekiel 23:29
HEB: עֶרְוַ֣ת זְנוּנַ֔יִךְ וְזִמָּתֵ֖ךְ וְתַזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃
NAS: will be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotries.
KJV: shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
INT: and the nakedness of your harlotries your lewdness and your harlotries

Ezekiel 23:35
HEB: אַ֛תְּ שְׂאִ֥י זִמָּתֵ֖ךְ וְאֶת־ תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃
NAS: now the [punishment] of your lewdness and your harlotries.'
KJV: therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
INT: you bear your lewdness whoredoms

Ezekiel 23:44
HEB: אָ֣הֳלִיבָ֔ה אִשֹּׁ֖ת הַזִּמָּֽה׃
NAS: and to Oholibah, the lewd women.
KJV: and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
INT: Oholibah women the lewd

Ezekiel 23:48
HEB: וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥י זִמָּ֖ה מִן־ הָאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: Thus I will make lewdness cease
KJV: Thus will I cause lewdness to cease
INT: cease lewdness from the land

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