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זִמָּה H2154

H2154 is the Hebrew word זִמָּה, transliterated zimmâh and said zim-maw'. The King James Version most often renders it lewdness.

Word: זִמָּהTransliteration: zimmâhSaid: zim-maw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 22 verses

What it means

a plan, especially a bad one.

Where it comes from

or זַמָּה; from H2161 (זָמַם).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

lewdness 7×mischief 2×lewd 2×wickedness 1×no wickedness 1×purposes 1×heinous crime 1×after mischief 1×thought 1×wicked devices 1×lewdly 1×make thy lewdness 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: heinous crime, lewd(-ly, -ness), mischief, purpose, thought, wicked (device, mind, -ness).

Verses using זִמָּה

All 22 verses, quoted in full.

Leviticus 20:14 · KJV

And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

Judges 20:6 · KJV

And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

Job 17:11 · KJV

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

Job 31:11 · KJV

For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

Psalm 26:10 · KJV

In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Psalm 119:150 · KJV

They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

Proverbs 10:23 · KJV

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Proverbs 24:9 · KJV

The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

Isaiah 32:7 · KJV

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

Jeremiah 13:27 · KJV

I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?

Ezekiel 16:27 · KJV

Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.

Ezekiel 16:43 · KJV

Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.

Ezekiel 16:58 · KJV

Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 22:11 · KJV

And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

Ezekiel 23:21 · KJV

Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.

Ezekiel 23:27 · KJV

Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.

Ezekiel 23:29 · KJV

And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Ezekiel 23:35 · KJV

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Ezekiel 23:44 · KJV

Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.

Ezekiel 23:48 · KJV

Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

Ezekiel 23:49 · KJV

And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 24:13 · KJV

In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2154 mean?

H2154 is the Hebrew word זִמָּה (zimmâh), meaning a plan, especially a bad one.

How is H2154 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it lewdness (7 times), mischief (2 times), lewd (2 times), wickedness (1 time), no wickedness (1 time), among others.

How many times does H2154 appear in the Bible?

זִמָּה (zimmâh) is tagged in 22 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2154 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or זַמָּה; from H2161 (זָמַם).

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