The meaning of “נָאַף”
Understanding nâʼaph reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
adulterer(-ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock. - to commit adultery - figuratively, to apostatize ...
נָאַף
adulterer(-ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock. - to commit adultery - figuratively, to apostatize 1) to commit adultery 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to commit adultery 1a1a) usually of man 1a1a1) always with wife of another 1a1b) adultery (of women) (participle) 1a2) idolatrous worship (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to commit adultery 1b1a) of man 1b1b) adultery (of women) (participle) 1b2) idolatrous worship (fig.)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 20:14 | “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” Word: נָאַף (nâʼaph) | |
| Deuteronomy 5:18 | “Neither shalt thou commit adultery.” Word: נָאַף (nâʼaph) | |
| Psalms 50:18 | “When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.” Word: נָאַף (nâʼaph) | |
| Isaiah 57:3 | “But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.” Word: נָאַף (nâʼaph) | |
| Ezekiel 23:37 | “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.” Word: נָאַף (nâʼaph) |
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