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נָאַף H5003
H5003 is the Hebrew word נָאַף, transliterated nâʼaph and said naw-af'. The King James Version most often renders it committed adultery.
What it means
to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 22 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: adulterer(-ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock.
Verses using נָאַף
All 22 verses, quoted in full.
Leviticus 20:10 · KJV
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Job 24:15 · KJV
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
Proverbs 6:32 · KJV
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Proverbs 30:20 · KJV
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Isaiah 57:3 · KJV
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Jeremiah 3:8 · KJV
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Jeremiah 3:9 · KJV
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Jeremiah 5:7 · KJV
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
Jeremiah 7:9 · KJV
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
Jeremiah 9:2 · KJV
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Jeremiah 23:10 · KJV
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
Jeremiah 23:14 · KJV
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 29:23 · KJV
Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 16:32 · KJV
But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
Ezekiel 16:38 · KJV
And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
Ezekiel 23:37 · KJV
That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.
Ezekiel 23:45 · KJV
And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
Hosea 3:1 · KJV
Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
Hosea 4:2 · KJV
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Hosea 4:14 · KJV
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
Hosea 7:4 · KJV
They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
Malachi 3:5 · KJV
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5003 mean?
H5003 is the Hebrew word נָאַף (nâʼaph), meaning to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize.
How is H5003 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it committed adultery (5 times), commit adultery (3 times), adulterers (3 times), committeth adultery (2 times), adulterer (2 times), among others.
How many times does H5003 appear in the Bible?
נָאַף (nâʼaph) is tagged in 22 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5003 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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