King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2154
Transliteration: zimmah
Phonetic Spelling: (zim-maw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: a plan, device, wickedness
Meaning: a plan, device, wickedness
Word Summary
zimmah: a plan, device, wickedness
Original Word: זִמָּהTransliteration: zimmah
Phonetic Spelling: (zim-maw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: a plan, device, wickedness
Meaning: a plan, device, wickedness
Strong's 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
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2154. zimmah
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 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); אִוֶּלֶת זִמַּת Proverbs 24:9; compare Psalm 26:10 ("" שֹׁחַד), 119:150.
b. wickedness in act ז ׳עשׂה Hosea 6:9 (where murder in context), Proverbs 10:23; 21:27 compare Now. Especially
c. of unchastity: incest Leviticus 18:17; 20:14 (twice in verse), licentiousness 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 (זְנוּתֵךְ זִמַּת), Ezekiel 16:27 (זִמָּה דַּרְכֵךְ), 16:43; 16:58 (both "" תּוֺעֵבָה), 22:9 (with עשׂה), 22:11 (בְּזִמָּה טִמֵּא, "" תועבה), 23:21, 27 ("" זְנוּתֵךְ), 23:29 (וְתַזְנוּתָ֑יִךְ וְזִמָּתֵךְ זְנוּנַיִךְ עֶרְוַת), 23:35 ("" תַּזְנוּתָ֑יִךְ), 23:44 (הַזּ ׳אִשּׁוֺת, Co ז ׳לעשׂות), 23:48; 23:48; 23:49 ("" גִלּוּלֵיכֶן חֲטָאֵי), 24:13. [In 16:27, 43; 24:13 strike out Co, chiefly on internal grounds.]