King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5003
Transliteration: naaph
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-af')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to commit adultery
Meaning: to commit adultery, to apostatize
Word Summary
naaph: to commit adultery
Original Word: נָאַףTransliteration: naaph
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-af')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to commit adultery
Meaning: to commit adultery, to apostatize
Strong's Concordance
adultereress, committing adultery, woman that breaks wedlock A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize -- adulterer(-ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5003. naaph
[נאַף] verb commit adultery (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic נְאַף (rare)): —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יִנְאַף Leviticus 20:10 (twice in verse); 3masculine plural וַיִּנְאָ֑פוּ Jeremiah 5:7 3t. Imperfect; Infinitive absolute נָאוֺף 23:14; נָאֹף Hosea 4:2; Jeremiah 7:9; Participle נֹאֵף Proverbs 6:32; Job 24:15; feminine singular נֹאָ֑פֶת Leviticus 20:10; feminine plural נֹאֲפוֺת Ezekiel 16:38 2t.; —
1 literally commit adultery:
a. usually of man, always with wife of another; with accusative woman, Leviticus 20:10 (twice in verse) (H), Proverbs 6:32; elsewhere absolute Exodus 20:14 = Deuteronomy 5:17 (Ten Words), Jeremiah 5:7; 7:9; 23:14; Hosea 4:2; participle masculine Leviticus 20:10 (H), Job 24:15.
b. of women, only participle Leviticus 20:10 (H), Ezekiel 16:38; 23:45 (twice in verse).
2 figurative of idolatrous worship, העץ ואת האבן את Jeremiah 3:9.
Piel Perfect3feminine singular נִאֲפָה Jeremiah 3:8; 3masculine plural נִאֵ֑פוּ Ezekiel 23:37 (twice in verse); Imperfect3masculine plural יְנַאֲפוּ Jeremiah 29:23; 3feminine plural תְּנָאַפְנָה Hosea 4:13-14, Participle מְנָאֵף Isaiah 57:3; plural מְנָאֲפִים Jeremiah 9:1 4t.; feminine מְנָאָ֑פֶת Proverbs 30:20 2t.; —
1 literally commit adultery:
a. of man, with accusative woman, Jeremiah 29:23; absolute Ezekiel 23:37; pt plural Jeremiah 9:2; 23:10; Hosea 7:4; Malachi 3:5; Psalm 50:18.
b. of woman, absolute Hosea 4:13-14, participle 3:1; Proverbs 30:20; plural Ezekiel 16:32.
2 figurative of idolatrous worship, אֶתגִּֿלּוּלֵיהֶם Ezekiel 23:37; absolute Jeremiah 3:8, מְנָאֵף זֶאֶרַע Isaiah 57:3.