Hebrew verb · H2610
חָנֵף
chanephkhaw-nafe'
to pollute
11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chânêph
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2610is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2610
to soil, especially in a moral sense
The King James renders it: corrupt, defile, [idiom] greatly, pollute, profane.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chaneph is rendered "to pollute". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Five of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 35:33Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Numbers 35:33תַחֲנִ֣יפוּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and it was polluted2
- and you have polluted1
- certainly to be polluted1
- he will pollute1
- it has been polluted1
- it pollutes1
- let her be polluted1
- they are polluted1
- will it be polluted1
- you will pollute1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חָנֵף | chaneph | profane | Uses13 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יַחֲנִ֖יף2
- וַתַּחֲנִ֣יפִי1
- וַתֶּחֱנַ֥ף1
- וַתֶּחֱנַ֖ף1
- חָנ֥וֹף1
- חָנְפָ֖ה1
- חָנֵ֑פוּ1
- תַחֲנִ֣יפוּ1
- תֶּחֱנַ֖ף1
- תֶּחֱנָ֔ף1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqw3fs2Hc/Vqw3fs
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular2HVqi3fs
- Hc/Vhw2fs1Hc/Vhw2fs
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVhi2mp
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1HVqaa
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqp3fs
Numbers
two uses
Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
- תַחֲנִ֣יפוּtachanifuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will pollute
- יַחֲנִ֖יףyachanifverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it pollutes
Psalms
one use
They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
- וַתֶּחֱנַ֥ףvatechenafHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was polluted
Isaiah
one use
The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
- חָנְפָ֖הchanefahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has been polluted
Jeremiah
five uses
“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
- חָנ֥וֹףchanofverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to be polluted
- תֶּחֱנַ֖ףtechenafverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: will it be polluted
“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
- וַתַּחֲנִ֣יפִיvatachanifiHc/Vhw2fstagged: and you have polluted
Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
- וַתֶּחֱנַ֖ףvatechenafHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was polluted
“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
- חָנֵ֑פוּchanefuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are polluted
Daniel
one use
With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.
- יַחֲנִ֖יףyachanifverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will pollute
Micah
one use
But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
- תֶּחֱנָ֔ףtechenafverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: let her be polluted
The letters
Gematria 138· 858 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.