Word Study · Strong's H2154 · Hebrew
זִמָּה
zimmah
zim-maw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: zimmâh
“a plan, especially a bad one”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a plan, especially a bad one
Rendered in the KJV as
heinous crime, lewd(-ly, -ness), mischief, purpose, thought, wicked (device, mind, -ness).
- 29occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 18inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 29 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 18
- זִמָּ֑ה5
- זִמָּ֖ה4
- זִמַּ֣ת3
- זִמָּ֥ה2
- זִמָּֽה׃2
- בְזִמָּ֥ה1
- בְזִמָּ֑ה1
- הַזִּמָּ֔ה1
- הַזִּמָּֽה׃1
- וְזִמָּתֵ֖ךְ1
- זִמָּ֣ה1
- זִמּ֣וֹת1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 14
- wickedness6
- licentiousness4
- licentiousness your4
- [is] wickedness3
- in wickedness2
- the licentiousness2
- [the] licentiousness of1
- [the] wickedness of1
- a plan of1
- and licentiousness your1
- evil purposes1
- like licentiousness your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- noun · feminine singular14
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular3
- preposition + noun · feminine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- noun · feminine plural1
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 14
- HNcfsc · 3
- HNcfsc/Sp2fs · 3
- HR/Ncfsa · 2
- HTd/Ncfsa · 2
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp2fs · 1
- HNcfpa · 1
- HNcfpc/Sp1bs · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp2fp · 1
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp2fp · 1
All 29, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Leviticus4 occurrences
- Leviticus 18:17זִמָּ֥הzimahnoun · feminine singularYou must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.here: [is] wickedness
- Leviticus 19:29זִמָּֽה׃zimahnoun · feminine singularYou must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.here: wickedness
- Leviticus 20:14זִמָּ֣הzimahnoun · feminine singularIf a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.here: [is] wickedness
- Leviticus 20:14זִמָּ֖הzimahnoun · feminine singularIf a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.here: wickedness
Job2 occurrences
- Job 17:11זִמֹּתַ֣יzimotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularMy days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.here: plans my
- Job 31:11זִמָּ֑הzimahnoun · feminine singularFor that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.here: [is] wickedness
Psalms2 occurrences
Proverbs3 occurrences
- Proverbs 10:23זִמָּ֑הzimahnoun · feminine singularThe fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.here: wickedness
- Proverbs 21:27בְזִמָּ֥הvezimahpreposition + noun · feminine singularThe sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!here: in wickedness
- Proverbs 24:9זִמַּ֣תzimatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.here: a plan of
Ezekiel14 occurrences
- Ezekiel 16:27זִמָּֽה׃zimahnoun · feminine singularTherefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.here: licentiousness
- Ezekiel 16:43הַזִּמָּ֔הhazimahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularBecause you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all your other abominations?here: the licentiousness
- Ezekiel 16:58זִמָּתֵ֥ךְzimatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularYou will bear the consequences of your lewdness and your abominations, declares the LORD.here: licentiousness your
- Ezekiel 22:9זִמָּ֖הzimahnoun · feminine singularAmong you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.here: licentiousness
- Ezekiel 22:11בְזִמָּ֑הvezimahpreposition + noun · feminine singularOne man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.here: in wickedness
- Ezekiel 23:21זִמַּ֣תzimatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)So you revisited the indecency of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your bosom and pressed your young breasts.here: [the] licentiousness of
- Ezekiel 23:27זִמָּתֵךְ֙zimatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularSo I will put an end to your indecency and prostitution, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’here: licentiousness your
- Ezekiel 23:29וְזִמָּתֵ֖ךְvezimatekhconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThey will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuityhere: and licentiousness your
- Ezekiel 23:35זִמָּתֵ֖ךְzimatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’”here: licentiousness your
- Ezekiel 23:44הַזִּמָּֽה׃hazimahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.here: the licentiousness
- Ezekiel 23:48זִמָּ֖הzimahnoun · feminine singularSo I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior.here: licentiousness
- Ezekiel 23:48כְּזִמַּתְכֶֽנָה׃kezimatkhenahpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine pluralSo I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior.here: like licentiousness your
- Ezekiel 23:49זִמַּתְכֶ֙נָה֙zimatkhenahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine pluralThey will repay you for your indecency, and you will bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’”here: licentiousness your
- Ezekiel 24:13זִמָּ֑הzimahnoun · feminine singularBecause of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.here: licentiousness
Same headword in Strong's